CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTORS
DAVID STEIN, FEATURE AUTHOR
HUGH DAVIES, FEATURE AUTHOR
David Stein, CIH, is a senior technical service specialist with 3M Personal Safety Division in Maplewood, Minn.
Hugh Davies, PhD, CIH, is an associate professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
RYAN CAMPBELL, FEATURE AUTHOR
Ryan Campbell, CIH, CRSP, is a senior industrial hygienist with WhiteSwan Safety in Calgary, Alberta.
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MAKING SENSE OF SENSORS IN PPE
THE FUTURE IS HERE—INTRODUCE YOURSELF
As sensor technology advances and becomes more affordable, the integration of wearable sensors into PPE offers an opportunity to enhance capabilities for protecting workers and gives OHS professionals new tools for keeping pace with changing paradigms of worker protection.
BY DAVID STEIN AND SHANE HAINEY
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SURFACE SAMPLING FOR CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE SURVEILLANCE FOR ANTI-CANCER DRUGS EXPOSURE STUDY
Despite the dissemination of safe handling practices and guidelines over the past three decades, environmental contamination of chemotherapy drugs remains stubbornly persistent. Consequently, healthcare workers continue to be exposed through surface contamination and dermal uptake.
BY HUGH DAVIES, SUSAN ARNOLD, MATTHEW JERONIMO, GEORGE ASTRAKIANAKIS, AND CAROLE CHAMBERS
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SMALL DECISIONS
USING COGNITIVE SCIENCE TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITH WORKERS A working day is a series of small decisions. Our job as industrial hygienists is to recognize situations where workers' hardwired bias is likely to impair decision-making and result in exposure to hazardous conditions.
BY RYAN CAMPBELL
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CAN ONLINE TRAINING SATISFY OSHA REQUIREMENTS?
Sponsored by Lion Technology Inc.
In a 2019 Letter of Interpretation, OSHA re-asserted its position on the effectiveness of online safety training. The letter was a response to an employer who asked, “Are online training programs acceptable for compliance with OSHA’s worker training requirements?”
BY ROGER MARKS
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Making Sense of Sensors in PPE
The Future Is Here—Introduce Yourself
