2008 Direct-Reading Exposure Assessment Methods (D.R.E.A.M.) Workshop

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Presentations

Overview of Workshop (95KB, 2 pages) - David Weissman, MD

Plenary Sessions

• Radiation detection in the 21st century Basics, sources, applications, hazards & challenges - Part One (373KB, 26 pages) - Morgan Cox, CHP
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Cox.pdf
• Radiation Detection in the 21st Century and the Impact of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Radiation Detection Instrumentation - Part Two (241KB, 22 pages) - Morgan Cox, CHP
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Cox2.pdf
• Selection of DRMs and What They Mean to the Worker (1MB, 22 pages) - Jon Volkwein
• BCOA-UMWAConsensus Principles (37KB, 5 pages) - James Weeks
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Weeks.pdf
• Validation of DRMs (and How Not To Validate Them) (781KB, 39 pages) - Matthew Magnuson, PhD
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Magnuson.pdf
• Integration of Activity Through Position (2.3MB, 29 pages) - Peng-Yau Wang, PhD
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Wang.pdf
• DRMs as Tools for Industrial Hygiene Troubleshooting and Exposure Assessment (900KB, 32 pages) - William Heitbrink, PhD
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Heitbrink.pdf
• How to Collect DRM Data Based on Use (3.4MB, 43 pages) - Stephen Rappaport, PhD
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Rappaport.pdf

Breakout Sessions

Gases and Vapors

• Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Countermeasures (737KB, 12 pages) - Dr. Rebecca Blackmon
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Blackmon.pdf
• Direct Reading Exposure Assessment Methods (DREAM): A Large Chemical Producer’s Perspective (220KB, 7 pages) - Mark W. Spence, CIH
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM Spence.pdf
• Direct Reading Exposure Assessment Methods for Isocyanates: Current Options and Future Needs (256KB, 16 pages) - Mark W. Spence, CIH
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Spence2.pdf
• Direct Reading Instruments and OSHA (836KB, 15 pages) - Dean R. Lillquist, PhD, CIH
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Lillquist.pdf
• Sensor Development for ESLI and Application to Chemical Detection (4.2MB, 21 pages) - Jay Snyder

Aerosols

• Real-Time Needs for Beryllium Particle Detection (453KB, 37 pages) - Michael J. Brisson
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Brisson.pdf
• Evaluating concentrationof aerosol particlesin occupational hygiene using Optical Particle Counters (1.1MB, 24 pages) - Peter Gorner
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Gorner.pdf
• Reducing exposures to diesel particulate matter (DPM) using direct-reading instruments (1.9MB, 23 pages) - Jim Noll
• CEN Draft Technical Report‘Guide for the use of direct-reading instruments for aerosol monitoring’ (223KB, 22 pages) - Dave Mark
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Mark.pdf
• The development of a personal dust monitor for coal mines (1MB, 22 pages) - Jon Volkwein

Ergonomics

• Direct measurement of force exposure in hand tool use (1.2MB, 28 pages) - Ray McGorry
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Mcgorry.pdf
  

Noise

• Direct-Reading Noise Exposure Assessment Methods:Noise Exposure Instrumentation (427KB, 27 pages) - Robert G. Brauch
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Brauch.pdf
• Direct-Reading Exposure Assessment Methods (1.1MB, 28 pages) - Kris Chesky, PhD
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Chesky.pdf
• A Historical Perspective on the Evaluation, Standardization and Certification of Personal Noise Dosimeters (801KB, 33 pages) - John P. Seiler, PE
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Seiler.pdf
• Noise Exposure Metrics (57KB, 13 pages) - John J. Earshen, MS
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Earshen.pdf
• Physiological Basis for Time-Domain Direct-Reading Noise Hazard Assessment (774KB, 37 pages) - G. Richard Price
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Price.pdf

Radiation

• Presentations not available

Surface Sampling & Biomonitoring

• Breath Tests for Disease and Toxic Exposures (2.3MB, 79 pages) - Michael Phillips, MD
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Phillips.pdf
• Standardized Surface Sampling Methods for Metals (624KB, 31 pages) - Kevin Ashley, PhD
• Surface sampling & analysis: Examples from NIOSH work (1.4MB, 27 pages) - Kevin Ashley, PhD
• Surface Sampling/Biomonitoring - Current NIOSH Efforts (591KB, 12 pages) - John Snawder
• Surface Sampling of Bacillus spores (1MB, 25 pages) - Jayne B. Morrow, PhD
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Morrow.pdf
• Next-generation metal analyzers based on nanomaterials for biomonitoring and environmental monitoring (1.5MB, 22 pages) - Wassana Yantasee, PhD
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Yantasee.pdf
• Nanotechnology-Based Electrochemical Sensors for Biomonitoring Chemical Exposures (1.1MB, 29 pages) - Charles Timchalk, PhD
  External link: http://www.aiha.org/1documents/DREAM/DREAM%20Timchalk.pdf

Wrap-up Sessions

• Gases and Vapors (81KB, 4 pages)
• Aerosols (73KB, 2 pages)
• Ergonomics (154KB, 10 pages)
• Noise (140KB, 8 pages)
• Radiation (189KB, 9 pages)
• Surface Sampling and Biomonitoring (429KB, 17 pages)

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