Guidance and Publications

NIOSH guidance

Publications

Approaches to safe 3D printing: a guide for makerspace users, schools, libraries, and small businesses

Summarizes research and explains protections for workers using 3D printers in various workplaces.

Technical Report: Occupational Exposure Sampling for Engineered Nanomaterials

Summarizes the different sampling techniques for engineered nanomaterials.

Building a Safety Program to Protect the Nanotechnology Workforce: A Guide for Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises

Explains how to build a safety program to protect nanotechnology workers.

Current Strategies for Engineering Controls in Nanomaterial Production and Downstream Handling Processes

Strategies for engineering controls in nanomaterial production and downstream handling processes.

Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology: Managing the Health and Safety Concerns Associated with Engineered Nanomaterials

Describes how to manage the health and safety concerns associated with engineered nanomaterials.

Safe Nanotechnology in the Workplace

Learn how nanoparticles are hazardous to workers and how to measure and control exposures.

Current Intelligence Bulletins

Current Intelligence Bulletin 70: Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Silver Nanomaterials

Describes the risk of occupational exposure to silver nanomaterials and recommends protections.

Current Intelligence Bulletin 65: Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers

Summarizes critical health effects studies for worker exposure to carbon nanotubes and nanofibers.

Current Intelligence Bulletin 63: Occupational Exposure to Titanium Dioxide

Summarizes critical health effects studies for worker exposure to Titanium dioxide.

Current Intelligence Bulletin 60: Interim Guidance for Medical Screening and Hazard Surveillance for Workers Potentially Exposed to Engineered Nanoparticles

Interim guidance if screening is appropriate for workers exposed to engineered nanoparticles.

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Posters

3D Printing with Filaments: Health and Safety Questions to Ask

Cites health and safety questions related to 3D printing with filaments.

3D Printing with Metal Powders: Health and Safety Questions to Ask

Cites health and safety questions related to 3D printing with metal powders.

Controlling Health Hazards When Working with Nanomaterials: Questions to Ask Before You Start

A poster designed to guide workers on how to prevent exposures to nanomaterials.

Workplace design solutions

Workplace Design Solutions: Protecting Workers during Intermediate and Downstream Processing of Nanomaterials

Explains how to protect workers who handle nanomaterials after production.

Workplace Design Solutions: Protecting Workers during the Handling of Nanomaterials

Explains how to protect workers who handle nanomaterials.

Workplace Design Solutions: Protecting Workers during Nanomaterial Reactor Operations

This document describes how to protect workers during nanomaterial reactor operations.

Program information

The following NIOSH publications provide information about the NIOSH nanotechnology program.

Continuing to Protect the Nanotechnology Workforce: NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Plan for 2018 - 2025

Describes the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Plan for 2018 – 2025.

Filling the Knowledge Gaps for Safe Nanotechnology in the Workplace

A progress report from the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center, 2004–2011.

Strategic Plan for NIOSH Nanotechnology Research and Guidance

Progress Toward Safe Nanotechnology in the Workplace - A Report from the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center

Progress Toward Safe Nanotechnology in the Workplace

A progress report of the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center, 2004–2006

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3D Printing Postcard

Protecting workers using 3D printers in makerspaces, schools, libraries, and small businesses.

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Practice safe 3D printing sticker 1

Practice safe 3D printing! Scan QR code to learn more.

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Practice safe 3D printing sticker 2

Practice safe 3D printing! Scan QR code to learn more.

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NIOSH/NIOSH funded

NIOSHTIC-2 is a searchable bibliographic database. It has occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and journal articles. These publications are supported in whole or in part by NIOSH.

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Partner resources

• National Nanotechnology Initiative: NNI 2011 Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration: Nanotechnology
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Nanotechnology Programs at FDA
• U.S Accountability Office: Nanomanufacturing: Emergence and Implications for U.S. Competitiveness, the Environment, and Human Health
• Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) Edinburgh, Scotland: SAFENANO