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Continuing Education — "The Action Level!®"

VOLUME 7(3), March 2010
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene


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CASE STUDIES:

The Impact of Ontario Smoke Free Legislation on Secondhand Smoke in Enclosed Public Places
Bo Zhang, Susan J. Bondy, Jo Anne Chiavetta, Peter Selby and Roberta Ferrence

1. Designated smoking rooms (DSRs) are adequate to protect
    bar and other hospitality workers from secondhand
    smoke exposure. True or False?

True
False
2. A complete smoking ban, including removal of designated
    smoking rooms in enclosed public spaces, is necessary to
    protect hospitality workers from secondhand smoke exposure.
    True or False?
True
False
Impact of Biological and Environmental Variabilities on Biological Monitoring: An Approach Using Toxicokinetic Models
A. Berthet, A. de Batz, R. Tardif, G. Charest-Tardif, G. Truchon, D. Vernez and P.O. Droz

3. In this paper, three variabilities are defined: the biological
    variability (BVB), the environmental biological variability (BVE)
    and the total variability (BVT). Thus, the BVE is the variability
    in biological results that would be observed in a group of different
    workers at exposures fluctuating from day-to-day. True or False?

True
False
4. If a contaminant has a short half-life in blood (i.e., 8 hours) and
    there are small fluctuations in working environments, the approach
    to favor is:
a. Biological monitoring
b. Environmental monitoring
c. Modeling exposure
d. All of the above
Wearing the Wrong Size Latex Surgical Gloves Impairs Manual Dexterity
Tomas Drabek, Charles D. Boucek and Charles W. Buffington

5. Wearing the right size latex surgical gloves impairs manual
    dexterity compared to not wearing gloves. True or False?

True
False
6. Wearing latex surgical gloves that are one full size too small
    impairs manual dexterity compared to wearing the right size
    gloves. True or False?
True
False
Nanoparticle Emission Assessment Technique (NEAT) for the Identification and Measurement of Potential Inhalation Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials: Part A
M. Methner, L. Hodson and C. Geraci

7. Both the OPC and CPC can identify and separate, on a
    chemical basis, carbon nanotubes from all metal oxide
    particles. True or False?

True
False
8. The primary purpose of the Nanoparticle Emission Assessment
    Technique (NEAT) is to determine if particles are being released
    from a source or process or task. True or False?
True
False
Nanoparticle Emission Assessment Technique (NEAT) for the Identification and Measurement of Potential Inhalation Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials: Part B – Results from 12 Field Studies
M. Methner, L. Hodson, A. Dames and C. Geraci

9. Nanomaterial emissions from processes do not occur and
    cannot be detected with traditional industrial hygiene
    instrumentation such as an Optical Particle Counter (OPC)
    or a Condensation Particle Counter (CPC). True or False?

True
False
10. Direct-reading instruments, as used in these evaluations,
      are generally insensitive to particle source or composition.
      True or False?
True
False
Underestimation of Terpene Exposure in the Nordic Wood Industry
Karin M. Granström

11. What is the current OEL8h for monoterpenes and turpentine
      in the Nordic countries?

a. 20 ppm
b. 25 ppm
c. 100 ppm
12. Which tree species emits the most terpenes?
a. Norway spruce
b. Scots pine
c. Subalpine fir
Development of a Personal Bioaerosol Sampler Based on a Conical Cyclone with Re-Circulating Liquid Film
Alexander D. Tolchinsky, Vladimir I. Sigaev, Genneday I. Sigaev, Alexander N. Varfolomeev, Ekaterina V. Zvyagina, Trevor Brasel and Yung Sung Cheng

13. Which of the following was NOT a consideration in
      sampler design:

a. Ease of use
b. Capacity for use in varied environments
c. Low aerodynamic resistance
d. Species sensitivity
e. High collection efficiency
14. A notation from this study outside the immediate design
      characteristics was:
a. Low aerodynamic resistance
b. High survivability of B. thuringiensis
c. High collection efficiency
d. Gentle bioaersol collection
e. Portability

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