Position, visitors to this site will find
other useful information on TLVs and
BEIs, including the following:
• Conflict of Interest Policy
• Notice of Intended Changes (NIC)
• TLV/BEI Policy Statement
• TLV/BEI Position Statement
• TLV/BEI Development Process
• Committee Operations Manuals
• TLV/BEI Process Presentations
• Under Study List
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For more information, visit the
ACGIH website at www.acgih.org or call
(513) 742-2020.
AIHA Hosts Tele Web on Hazard
Banding
AIHA will host the Tele Web Virtual
Seminar “Hazard Banding: A Risk Management Approach to Occupational Exposures” on Sept. 29, 2009, from 2 to
4: 30 p.m. ET.
Participants will explore the concepts
of hazard banding, a practical risk management approach using toxicological
data to perform a qualitative risk assessment and determine appropriate control
solutions. The foundation of this approach is the categorization or banding
of chemicals according to their toxicological characteristics, combined with
consideration for the conditions of use,
potential for exposure and implications
for controls. The Tele Web will review
the origins of this approach in the U.S.
pharmaceutical industry during the late
1980s and discuss efforts to apply hazard banding strategies worldwide.
For registration information on this
and other Tele Webs, visit www.aiha.org/
Tele Web or contact Cinthia Minan,
AIHA’s distance learning coordinator, at
(703) 846-0749 or cminan@aiha.org.
AIHA Comments on Bill to Protect
Nurses, Health Care Workers
In a July 7 letter to Representative John
Conyers, Jr., AIHA expressed support for
the Nurse and Health Care Worker Pro-
tection Act of 2009 (HR 2381), which
would require OSHA to establish a safe
patient handling and injury prevention
standard. Conyers and Representative
Lynn Woolsey are cosponsoring the bill.
The letter from AIHA President Cathy
Cole noted that “The need to identify
and apply methods to improve safe pa-
tient handling programs has been recog-
nized since at least 1991. . . . Sadly, a
high percentage of health care facilities
have not yet decided to implement these
programs.”
Cole noted that AIHA’s position on
safe patient handling is in full agree-
ment with HR 2381, with two excep-
tions: AIHA recommends extending the
time allowed for sending safe patient
handling incident reports to OSHA from
one business day to 15 business days
and limiting the scope of the legislation
to workers in health care facilities.
“While we recognize . . . that home
health care workers are also exposed to
significant ergonomic risk, equipment
and other control approaches are not
currently available to adequately reduce
all of these exposures,” Cole wrote.
The Value of Volunteering
Hear—and see—attendees at AIHce 2009
in Toronto describe why they volunteer
for AIHA at http://vimeo.com/5415589.
The video “Why Do You Volunteer?” was
posted July 1.
You Got Promoted? Tell
The Synergist
The Synergist is looking for information
about members’ career successes. If you
or a member you know recently pub-
lished an article, was promoted, received
an honor, or achieved a similar feat, let
the editors know at synergist@aiha.org.
The next member you read about could
be you!
Florida Local Section to Hold Fall
Conference
AIHA’s Florida Local Section will hold
its annual conference at Marriot’s Renaissance Hotel at the World Golf Village
in Jacksonville, Fla. Professional development courses and a general session
will be held Sept. 24–25. To kick off this
year’s conference, the local section will
host its 7th semi-annual golf tournament
on Wednesday, Sept. 23. For more information, visit www.aiha.org/LocalSections/
html/florida/ florida.htm.
