REGULATIONS 4 SUMMARY Bibliography AIRBORNE AND EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1 AIRBORNE INFECTIONS 2 HIERARCHY OF CONTROLS 3 MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS 4 OCCUPATIONAL TB 5 NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA 6 LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE 7 VIRAL INFECTIONS 8 OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS 9 OUTDOOR EXPOSURES 10 LABORATORY EXPOSURES 11 SARS AND MERS 12 POTENTIAL AGENTS OF BIOTERRORISM 13 IMMUNOCOMPROMISED WORKERS 14 EMERGING AND REEMERGING PATHOGENS Bibliography
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List of Tables
1 Chapter 1TABLE 1 Values for the quality factor, Q, and the radiation weighting factor, w R. TABLE 2 Values for tissue weighting factors, w T. TABLE 3 Threshold doses for some clinically harmful deterministic effects. TABLE 4 Detector selection for particle counting and contamination control. TABLE 5 Advantages and disadvantages of common dosimeters.
2 Chapter 2TABLE 1 Simplified summary of laser hazard classification. a
3 Chapter 3TABLE 1 Radiometric and photometric terms and units. TABLE 2 Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Risk Group classificati...
4 Chapter 4TABLE 1 Nomenclature of band designations for the radiofrequency spectrum. TABLE 2 High powered RF sources with potential for significant occupational expos...TABLE 3 Quantities used in hazard evaluation. TABLE 4 IEEE family of standards related to RF safety.
5 Chapter 5TABLE 1 Typical residential ELF fields. TABLE 2 Typical occupational sources of ELF fields. TABLE 3 The International Commission on Nonionizing Radiation Protection, the Ins...TABLE 4 IEEE maximum permissible exposure limits (C95.6, standard for safety leve...TABLE 5 ICNIRP maximum permissible exposure limits (Guidelines for Limiting Expos...TABLE 6 The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) rating categories ...
6 Chapter 6TABLE 1 Relation between sound pressure and sound pressure level. TABLE 2 Table for combining decibel levels of sounds with random frequency charac...TABLE 3 Relative response as a function of frequency for A‐ and C‐Weighting....TABLE 4 Center and cut‐off frequencies for full octave and one‐third octave bands...
7 Chapter 7TABLE 1 Units of equivalent pressure. TABLE 2 Special gas laws. TABLE 3 Common signs and symptoms of CNS oxygen toxicity. TABLE 4 Thermal comfort zone for hyperbaric helium. TABLE 5 Clinical manifestations of decompression illness. TABLE 6 Common causes of aseptic bone necrosis. TABLE 7 Radiographic classification of aseptic bone necrosis. TABLE 8 Current OSHA diving categories. TABLE 9 Medical conditions that may restrict exposure to hyperbaric conditions....TABLE 10 Altitude designations and their major effects on the body.
8 Chapter 8TABLE 1 The Stockholm Workshop scale for the severity of hand‐arm vibration syndr...TABLE 2 Ready reckoner for daily vibration exposures (exposure points). TABLE 3 Examples of sources of measurement uncertainty. TABLE 4 The number of years of vibration exposure at a given daily exposure A(8) ...TABLE 5 Established alternative processes to avoid/reduce use of vibrating equipm...TABLE 6 Summary of the essential health and safety requirements relevant to risks...
9 Chapter 9TABLE 1 Air temperature of various cold environments with human occupancy. TABLE 2 Estimated gross effects on manual performance at different levels of hand...TABLE 3 Human responses to heating and cooling. TABLE 4 Examples of metabolic energy production associated with different types o...TABLE 5 List of symbols, factors, and units. TABLE 6 Basic insulation values (Icl) of selected garment ensembles measured with...TABLE 7 Example of conditions to be observed and assessed during the inspection f...TABLE 8 List of standards applicable to the assessment of cold environments. TABLE 9 Suggested criteria for evaluation of strain as presented in ISO standards...TABLE 10 Wind chill temperature for combinations of wind and air.
10 Chapter 10TABLE 1 List of abbreviations used in this chapter. TABLE 2 Current ACGIH screening criteria for heat stress exposure where WBGT crit...TABLE 3 ISO environmental ergonomic standards. TABLE 4 ISO reference values of the WBGT heat stress index. TABLE 5 Components for estimating metabolic rate. TABLE 6 Computation of coefficients of convection (hc) and radiation (hr)a for a ...TABLE 7 Experimentally derived clothing factors for some common clothing ensemble...TABLE 8 Clothing adjustment factors (CAF) reported by the ACGIH and others. TABLE 9 Guidelines for acclimatization and reacclimatization as a percent of effo...TABLE 10 Classification, medical aspects, and prevention of heat illness. TABLE 11 Drugs implicated in intolerance to heat. TABLE 12 National weather service heat index advisory and warning interpretations...TABLE 13 Examples of engineering controls as interventions to reduce heat stress.
11 Chapter 13TABLE 1 Physical sizes of microorganisms.
12 Chapter 14TABLE 1 Summary of recommended biosafety levels for working with infectious agent...TABLE 2 Summary of recommended biosafety levels for activities involving naturall...TABLE 3 Summary of biosafety cabinet features. TABLE 4 Effectiveness of some decontamination chemicals.
13 Chapter 15TABLE 1 Interpretation of TST in workers in high‐risk occupations. TABLE 2 Common drug regimens for treatment of latent TB infection.
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1 Beta energy spectrum for 32P.FIGURE 2 Range–energy relationship for beta particles.FIGURE 3 Stationary target X‐ray tube. X‐rays are formed via bremsstrahlung ...FIGURE 4 Schematic representation of an