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Continuing Education — "The Action Level!®"

VOLUME 5(4), April 2008
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

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CASE STUDIES:

A Moving Robotic Hand System for Whole Glove Permeation and Penetration: Captan and Nitrile Gloves
Robert Phalen and Shane Que Hee

1. Based on this study, hand movement appears to have a
    greater potential effect on ________________ of the nitrile glove
    with ________________ not shown to significantly increase
    with movement.

a. degradation and integrity; chemical permeation
b. penetration; degradation
c. chemical permeation; penetration
d. flexion; extension
2. It is safe to assume that nitrile gloves are manufactured using
    equivalent processes and quality control measures that will
    result in comparable chemical resistance and whole-glove
    integrity between glove brands and lots. True or False?
True
False
Occupational Risk Management of Engineered Nanoparticles
Paul Schulte, Charles Geraci, Ralph Zumwalde, Mark Hoover and Eileen Kuempel

3. What is an initial step in risk management for workplaces
    producing or using nanoparticles?

a. Take air measurements
b. Conduct hazard assessment
c. Institute controls
4. There is a broad range of workplaces where nanoparticles
    could be investigated, developed, manufactured, handled
    and disposed of, making exposures quite different across
    the span of workplaces. True or False?
True
False
Reliability and Validity Assessment of the Hand Activity Level Threshold Limit Value and Strain Index Using Expert Ratings of Mono-task Jobs
Peregrin Spielholz, Stephen Bao, Ninica Howard, Barbara Silverstein, Joyce Fan, Caroline Smith and Carolyn Salazar

5. Which assessment method produced outputs that displayed
    a significant association with distal upper extremity disorders
    in the dominant hand?

a. ACGIH® HAL TLV®
b. Strain Index
c. RULA
d. Duration of Exertion
6. Which assessment method was more likely to classify a job
    as "safe"?
a. ACGIH® HAL TLV®
b. Strain Index
Particle Resuspension During the Use of Vacuum Cleaners on Residential Carpet
Richard L. Corsi, Jeffrey A. Siegel and Chunyi Chiang

7. Regular vacuuming generally reduces the levels of many
    allergens indoors but may lead to short periods of elevated
    allergen concentrations in indoor air that should be avoided by
    sensitive individuals. True or False?

True
False
8. Most of the particle mass that is emitted during vacuuming
    is caused by:
a. mechanical agitation of wheels on floor
b. mechanical agitation of feet on floor
c. penetration through vacuum cleaner system
d. sources identified in choices a, b and c
e. not clear based on data in this article
An Efficient Method for Particle Counting in Evaluating Airborne Infectious Isolation Containment Using Fluorescent Microspheres
David Johnson and Robert Lynch

9. The term isolation as used in this article generally refers
    to engineering techniques or methodologies applied in terms of:

a. aerosol generator
b. mechanical particle generator
c. laboratory devices
d. lighting equipment
e. patient(s)
10. For a nominal 50-field count, automated techniques always
      provide quicker results, fiber densities being equal. True or False?
True
False
Suspension Tolerance in a Full-Body Safety Harness and a Prototype Harness Accessory
Nina L. Turner, James T. Wassell, Richard Whisler and Joyce Zwiener

11. The current study found no effect of gender on suspension
      tolerance. True or False?

True
False
12. To ensure that no more than 5% of suspended, motionless
      workers (harness attached to the back D-ring) become
      symptomatic from suspension trauma, their rescue should
      occur within 11 minutes. True or False?
True
False
Assessment of Pesticide Exposure Control Practices Among Farm Families in British Columbia
Anne-Marie Nicol and Susan M. Kennedy

13. These authors identified which of the following program
      elements as 'leaving room for improvement'?

a. respiratory (breathing) protection
b. hearing protection
c. ionizing radiation
d. non ionizing radiation
14. This study suggests that cultural norms are ___________ for
      these kinds of farm worker and family exposures.
a. Important
b. Unimportant


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