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As part of the development of the IOHA Web Site we are starting to include some links and information on current 'Key Topics' in Occupational Hygiene. |
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Recognition of National Occupational Hygiene Accreditation Schemes
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In 1999, IOHA sponsored an International Workshop on Certification and Registration of Occupational Hygienists. The existing occupational hygiene certification and registration Boards were invited to attend the Workshop. The workshop achieved its aims and a report with recommendations was submitted to the IOHA Board of Directors on 12 April 2000. The recommendations contained in the report were acted on and a Certification Committee formed. In 2005 the committee was redesignated as the 'IOHA National Accreditation* Recognition Committee'. *The term “accreditation” is used here to encompass the diverse words used in different organizations (“certification”, “registration”, “faculty membership”) to describe the system/process for providing “credentials” designating professionalism in Occupational Hygiene. Documents relating to this subject can be found in Occupational Hygiene Accreditation area of the IOHA Online Library
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Control Banding
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Growth in the use of chemicals in small and medium sized businesses (SME's) and in emerging economies, where access to people with the experience to assess and control exposure to chemicals is limited, has led to the development of a new approach to the control of chemicals. Called Control Banding, the approach uses information that is readily available to users from the suppliers of chemicals taking the users through a series of simple steps allowing them to choose practical control solutions that should reduce exposures to levels which present no danger to health.
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