READ: OSHA - Indoor Air Quality in Commercial and Institutional Buildings.
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READ: OSHA - Compliance Guidance for Funeral Homes.
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(2 RC) - This document summarizes three OSHA standards related to funeral home maintenance. The standards presented are OSHA’s formaldehyde standard, its bloodborne pathogens standard, and its chemical hazard communication standard. The document offers guidance for compliance to the OSHA standards.
Read MoreREAD: OSHA - West Nile Virus
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(1 RC) - This fact sheet aims to educate employers and workers about the West Nile virus and to offer ways to reduce the risks of infection. It includes information concerning the ways the virus spreads (particularly through mosquitoes), signs and symptoms of infection, the risks it presents to outdoor workers especially, and specific protective measures which employers and workers can adopt to avoid the illness.
Read MoreREAD: OSHA - Ebola.
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(1 RC) - This pair of fact sheets informs the reader about Ebola virus. The first sheet discusses the spread of Ebola and the safe handling and transport of contaminated materials. In addition, it provides infection control guidelines for waste workers. The second sheet provides a PPE selection matrix which offers guidance for occupational exposure to Ebola.
Read MoreREAD: OSHA Methods, Collection 1.
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(4 RC) - This collection of three procedure methods informs the reader on a range of topics. The first method explores data from an evaluation of the performance of silica-infused, stainless steel canisters in chemical sampling and analysis. The second method describes the sample collection and analysis of airborne ozone. The third method describes the passive monitor collection of airborne formaldehyde in the breathing zone of workplace personnel and the subsequent analysis of those samples using a colorimetric technique.
Read MoreREAD: OSHA - Proposed Crystalline Silica Rule, General Industry and Maritime.
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(1 RC) - This document aims to inform the reader of the respiratory hazards of crystalline silica and to propose two new protective standards, one for general industry and maritime, and the other for construction. The fact sheet explains the routes of exposure and the negative effects of crystalline silica on respiratory health. The chief end of this document is to present the necessary means for employers to tailor their work environment protect their employees.
Read MoreREAD: OSHA, NIOSH - Hazard Alert 1-Bromopropane.
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(1 RC) - This document alerts the reader to the dangers of bromopropane. Giving a brief explanation of the chemical's commercial applications, the document discusses the health effects of 1-BP and how workers are exposed. The document concludes by offering guidance on how to reduce worker exposure.
Read MoreREAD: OSHA - Avian Flu.
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(1 RC) - This pair of fact sheets informs the reader about avian flu. The first sheet discusses symptoms, routes of human infection, treatment, and general exposure precautions. The second sheet offers specific guidance for the protection of poultry workers.
Read MoreREAD: OSHA - Avian Flu Quick Cards.
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(1 RC) - This collection of OSHA quick cards informs the reader about avian flu. It discusses the symptoms and routes of human infection and offers a list of general precautions. In addition, it gives specific guidance to poultry employees, healthcare workers, animal handlers, food handlers, and laboratory employees.
Read MoreREAD: OAR - An Office Building Occupant's Guide to Indoor Air Quality.
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(1 RC) - This guide is intended to help people who work in office buildings learn about the factors that contribute to indoor air quality and comfort problems and the roles of building managers and occupants in maintaining a good indoor environment. This guide offers general guidelines for the cultivation of Indoor Air Quality. It discusses the importance of Indoor Air Quality, the factors that contribute to Indoor Air Quality, the management of pollutant sources, as well as the design, maintenance, and operation of building ventilation systems.
Read MoreREAD: CDC, NIOSH - Respirator Selection Logic (2004).
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(4 RC) - This document provides a series of questions that assists the user in his selection of the appropriate respiration protection. In addition, the document identifies the criteria necessary to determine the classes of respirators that will provide the minimum acceptable degree of protection for a chemical at a given concentration.
Read MoreREAD: NADCA - Position Paper on Chemical Product Applications in HVAC Systems.
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(1 RC) - This paper gives the reader access to NADCA's opinion concerning the use of chemicals, cleaners, sealants, and coatings inside airhandling systems. The paper defines certain products and then offers guidelines for their best use and application. Specific products duscussed include antimicrobial pesticides, sealants, resurfacing materials, and coil cleaning compounds as well as soaps, detergents, degreasers, and deodorizers.
Read MoreREAD: EPA - Voluntary Guidelines for Methamphetamine Laboratory Cleanup.
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(4 RC) - This guideline begins with an overview of the background information on quantitative meth remediation standards from across the United States. Next, it presents users with a possible sequence of remediation activities from securing a site to delivering a final report. The document then offers techniques for the cleaning of specific items and materials found within a former meth lab (e.g., walls, fl oors, appliances, electronics, fabrics, toys). Finally, this document provides detailed information on sampling techniques and methods. Additional information and resources are included in the appendices.
Read MoreREAD: CDC - Mycobacterium bovis (Bovine Tuberculosis) in Humans.
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(1 RC) - This informational pamphlet informs the reader about Bovine Tuberculosis. It discusses the risks and causes of human infection, the treatment for human infection, and the schemes for disease prevention.
Read MoreREAD: Personal Protective Equipment
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(4 RC) - This informational booklet provides a general overview of equipment management in light of OSHA standards for personal protection. This guide will help both employers and employees do the following: Understand the types of PPE (personal protective equipment), know the basics of conducting a "hazard assessment" of the workplace, select appropriate PPE for a variety of circumstances, and understand what kind of training is needed in the proper use and care of PPE.
Read MoreREAD: Preventing Mold-Related Problems in the Indoor Workplace.
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(4 RC) - This guide provides basic information about mold, mold sources, and building-related illnesses. Brief discussions are included on building design considerations for healthy indoor air, as well as building evaluation and sampling for mold. The purpose of this guide is to help owners, managers, and occupants understand and prevent building-related illnesses associated with mold problems in offices and other indoor workplaces.
Read MoreREAD: OSHA - Mold.
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(4 RC) - This informational OSHA document informs the reader of the natural causes of mold growth as well as the health and structural hazards mold can cause when it presents itself in an environment. The bulletin provides warning signs to recognize mold growth and details various methods of mold prevention and cleanup.
Read MoreREAD: OSHA - What Employers Can Do to Protect Workers from Pandemic Influenza.
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(4 RC) - This fact sheet details the various types of safety precautions that employers can adopt to prepare for and minimize the hazards of pandemic influenza in the workplace. Types of control measures include engineering and administrative controls, work practices, and protective equipment.
Read MoreREAD: OSHA - Memorandum for Regional Administrators.
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(1 RC) - This OSHA special bulletin defines and provides health hazard information on Fluorocarbon 113 which is generally used as a refrigerant, a dry cleaning solvent and an intermediate. After recording several instances of sudden death to to cardiac arrhythmia in the presence of Florocarbon 113, this document provides the necessary information for employers and administrators to implement for their workers' protection.
Read MoreREAD: Cleaning and Decontamination of Ebola on Surfaces, Guidance for Workers and Employers in Non-Healthcare/Non-Laboratory Settings.
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(1 RC) - Employers must protect their workers from the hazards of Ebola exposure and from the dangerous chemicals used for disinfection and clean up. This document includes the guidelines for workers and employers for disinfection, cleaning, and waste disposal.
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