Industrial Hygiene Measurements

Catalog description

Industrial hygiene is the discipline devoted to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of hazards in the workplace. This course provides an overview of the most common industrial hygiene measurement techniques used to evaluate exposure to chemical, physical, and biological agents in the workplace. Topics will include coverage of basic definitions, exposure standards, and guidelines, and an introduction to the different types of sampling equipment and analytical methods used most often in the evaluation of airborne exposure to gases, vapors, and aerosols. Interpretation of quantitative sample results will be an area of emphasis and students will become familiar with different types of exposure distributions, appropriate sampling strategies, and different statistical tools available for making decisions in occupational exposure assessment.