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Interim guidance for medical screening and hazard surveillance for workers potentially exposed to engineered nanoparticles.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schulte, Paul A. (Author), Trout, Douglas (Author), Zumwalde, Ralph D. (Author)
Corporate Author: NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center (sponsoring body.)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Cincinnati, Ohio] : Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, [2009]
Series:NIOSH current intelligence bulletin ; 60.
DHHS publication ; no. (NIOSH) 2009-116.
Subjects:
Nanoparticles > Health aspects.
Nanoparticles > Safety measures.
Nanotechnology > Health aspects.
Nanotechnology > Safety measures.
Environmental Monitoring.
Nanoparticles > adverse effects.
Occupational Exposure > adverse effects.
Occupational Exposure > prevention & control.
Population Surveillance > methods.
Safety Management > methods.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo64772
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Executive summary
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction.
  • Background: brief review of the literature
  • Occupational health surveillance
  • Discussion and conclusions
  • Recommendations.
  • References
  • Appendix A: Critical Aspects of an Occupational Medical Screening Program
  • Appendix B: OSHA standards that include requirements for medical surveillance
  • Appendix C: Hazards for which NIOSH has recommended the use of medical surveillance
  • Appendix D: Discussion of occupational health surveillance programs with medical screening.
  • Appendix E: Examples of limitations in the evidence base for specific medical screening of workers exposed to engineered nanoparticles
  • Appendix F: Exposure registries.