Book Description Completely updated version this classic reference covers both physical hazards and biological agents Provides updated information on protecting workers from proven and possible health risks from manual material handling, extremes of temperature and pressure, ionizing and non-ionizing (magnetic fields) radiation, shiftwork, and more Details major changes in our understanding of biological hazards including Ebola, Chikungunya, Zika, HIV, Hepatitis C, Lyme disease, MERS-CoV, TB, and much more All infectious diseases have been updated from an occupational health perspective Includes practical guidance on to how to set up medical surveillance for hazards and suggests preventive measures that can be used to reduce occupational diseases Show and hide more
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COVER TITLE PAGE ABOUT THE EDITORS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION PREFACE ACGIH POLICY STATEMENT ACGIH STATEMENT OF POSITION Part I: PHYSICAL HAZARDS Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION to PHYSICAL HAZARDS MECHANICS ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WORKER PROTECTION Further Reading I: Worker–Material Interfaces Chapter 2: ERGONOMICS and UPPER EXTREMITY MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS OCCUPATIONAL SETTING MEASUREMENT—ASSESSMENT EXPOSURE GUIDELINES NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References Chapter 3: MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING OCCUPATIONAL SETTING NORMAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPINE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY AND RISK FACTORS MEASUREMENT ISSUES GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION SUMMARY References Chapter 4: OCCUPATIONAL VIBRATION EXPOSURE OCCUPATIONAL SETTING OCCUPATIONAL VIBRATION MEASUREMENTS OCCUPATIONAL VIBRATION GUIDELINES USED IN THE UNITED STATES WHOLE‐BODY VIBRATION AND LOW BACK PROBLEMS PREVENTION HAND–ARM VIBRATION MEDICAL EFFECTS DIAGNOSIS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT HAND–ARM VIBRATION CONTROL References Chapter 5: MECHANICAL ENERGY OCCUPATIONAL SETTING MEASUREMENT ISSUES EXPOSURE GUIDELINES PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY TREATMENT SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS PREVENTION SUMMARY References II: The Physical Work Environment Chapter 6: HOT ENVIRONMENTS OCCUPATIONAL SETTING MEASUREMENT ISSUES EXPOSURE GUIDELINES ACGIH GUIDELINES NIOSH GUIDELINES NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ILLNESS AND TREATMENT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE HEAT EXPOSURE AND REPRODUCTION PREVENTION References Chapter 7: COLD ENVIRONMENTS OCCUPATIONAL SETTING MEASUREMENT ISSUES EXPOSURE GUIDELINES NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References Chapter 8: HIGH-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS OCCUPATIONAL SETTING MEASUREMENT ISSUES AND PHYSICS OF PRESSURE EXPOSURE GUIDELINES SPECIAL UNDERWATER STRESSORS OTHER HAZARDS IN THE DIVING ENVIRONMENT PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DIRECT PRESSURE INJURY LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS TREATMENT OF BUBBLE-RELATED DISEASE MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References Chapter 9: LOW-PRESSURE and HIGH-ALTITUDE ENVIRONMENTS OCCUPATIONAL SETTING LOW-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENTS HYPOXIA HIGH-ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION AND ILLNESS OTHER ALTITUDE-RELATED CONDITIONS References Chapter 10: SHIFT WORK OCCUPATIONAL SETTING MEASUREMENT GUIDELINES EXPOSURE GUIDELINES (SCHEDULE DESIGN) NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY PATHOBIOLOGY (CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS AND SHIFT WORK) DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT (COUNTERMEASURES) MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS References III: Energy and Electromagnetic Radiation Chapter 11: IONIZING RADIATION BACKGROUND RADIATION OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL EXPOSURES MEASUREMENT ISSUES AND THE PHYSICS OF IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE GUIDELINES PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND HEALTH EFFECTS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PREVENTION EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND EXPERT ADVICE References Chapter 12: ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION OCCUPATIONAL SETTING MEASUREMENT ISSUES EXPOSURE GUIDELINES NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References Chapter 13: VISIBLE LIGHT and INFRARED RADIATION OCCUPATIONAL SETTING MEASUREMENT ISSUES EXPOSURE GUIDELINES NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY TREATMENT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References Chapter 14: LASER RADIATION OCCUPATIONAL SETTING MEASUREMENT ISSUES AND CLASSIFICATION OF LASER POWER EXPOSURE GUIDELINES PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF INJURY TREATMENT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References Chapter 15: MICROWAVE, RADIOFREQUENCY, and EXTREMELY LOW-FREQUENCY ENERGY MICROWAVE AND RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION EXTREMELY LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION: MAGNETIC FIELDS References Chapter 16: NOISE OCCUPATIONAL SETTING MEASUREMENT ISSUES EXPOSURE GUIDELINES NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References Chapter 17: ELECTRICAL POWER and ELECTRICAL INJURIES OCCUPATIONAL SETTING LIGHTNING INJURIES References Part II: BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS Chapter 18: GENERAL PRINCIPLES of MICROBIOLOGY and INFECTIOUS DISEASE ETIOLOGY OF DISEASE TRANSMISSIBILITY OF DISEASE INFECTIVITY OF DISEASE CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS FOR LABORATORY WORK Chapter 19: CLINICAL RECOGNITION of OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE and HEALTH CONSEQUENCES INFECTION SPECIFIC CLINICAL DISEASES IMMUNE MECHANISMS AND HYPERSENSITIVITY DISORDERS SPECIFIC CLINICAL SYNDROMES LABORATORY CONFIRMATION OF INFECTIOUS AND HYPERSENSITIVITY DISEASES CLINICAL TESTING FOR HYPERSENSITIVITY WHEN TO SUSPECT OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN EVALUATION OF SUSPECTED OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS Chapter 20: PREVENTION of ILLNESS from BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS OCCUPATIONS WITH POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS THE OSHA BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS STANDARD THE HISTORY OF OSHA GUIDELINES FOR TUBERCULOSIS PROPOSED OSHA INFECTIOUS DISEASE STANDARD PREVENTION OF EXPOSURE TO BIOLOGICAL AGENTS SURVEILLANCE VACCINATION SPECIAL SITUATIONS Chapter 21: VIRUSES ARBOVIRUSES (Yellow fever, Dengue fever, Chikungunya, Zika fever, Japanese encephalitis, St Louis encephalitis, West Nile encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, Western equine encephalitis, La Cro References ARENAVIRUSES References CORONAVIRUS References CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV) References FILOVIRUSES (EBOLA AND MARBURG VIRUSES) References HANTAVIRUSES References HEPATITIS A VIRUS (HAV) References HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) References HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) References HERPES B VIRUS References HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (HSV) References HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV-1) References HUMAN T-CELL LYMPHOTROPHIC VIRUS References INFLUENZA VIRUS References MEASLES VIRUS References MUMPS VIRUS References NOROVIRUS (FORMERLY NORWALK VIRUS) AND OTHER ENTERIC VIRUSES References PARVOVIRUS B19 References RABIES VIRUS References RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV) References RUBELLA VIRUS References SIMIAN RETROVIRUSES References VACCINIA References VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS (VZV) References Chapter 22: BACTERIA ACINETOBACTER SPECIES BACILLUS SPECIES BORRELIA SPECIES BRUCELLA SPECIES CAMPYLOBACTER SPECIES CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM (INCLUDING C. ARGENTINENSE, C. BARATII, AND C. BUTYRICUM) CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS (also C. SEPTICUM, C. NOVI) CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI CORYNEBACTERIUM SPECIES ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE ESCHERICHIA COLI FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS (INCLUDING F. NOVOCIDA) HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA HELICOBACTER PYLORI LEGIONELLA SPECIES (LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA, LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE) LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA PSEUDOMONAS AND BURKHOLDERIA SPECIES RAT-BITE FEVER: STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS AND SPIRILLUM MINOR RELAPSING FEVER: BORRELIA SPECIES (other than B. burgdorferi) SALMONELLA SPECIES SHIGELLA SPECIES STAPHYLOCOCCUS SPECIES STREPTOCOCCUS SPECIES TREPONEMA PALLIDUM VIBRIO CHOLERAE VIBRIO SPECIES OTHER THAN V. CHOLERAE (V. PARAHEMOLYTICUS, V. VULNIFICUS) YERSINIA PESTIS YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS AND ENTEROCOLITICA Chapter 23: MYCOBACTERIA MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS (M. tb.) MYCOBACTERIA OTHER THAN MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS Chapter 24: FUNGI ALTERNARIA SPECIES References ASPERGILLUS SPECIES References BASIDIOMYCETES (INCLUDING MERULIUS LACRYMANS, LYCOPERDON, AND MUSHROOMS) References BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS References CANDIDA SPECIES References CLADOSPORIUM SPECIES References COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS References CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS AND CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII References CRYPTOSTROMA CORTICALE References FONSECAEA AND OTHER AGENTS OF CHROMOMYCOSIS References HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM References MADURELLA SPECIES AND OTHER AGENTS OF MYCETOMA References PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS References PENICILLIUM SPECIES References SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII References STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM References TRICHOPHYTON AND OTHER DERMATOPHYTES References ZYGOMYCETES References Chapter 25: ANAPLASMA, CHLAMYDOPHILA, COXIELLA, EHRLICHIA, and RICKETTSIA ANAPLASMA References CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI References COXIELLA BURNETII References EHRLICHIA SPECIES References RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII References Chapter 26: PARASITES CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM References CYCLOSPORIASIS References CUTANEOUS, MUCOCUTANEOUS, AND VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS References NANOPHYETUS References PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA References PLASMODIUM SPECIES References TOXOPLASMA GONDII References Chapter 27: ENVENOMATIONS ARTHROPOD ENVENOMATIONS HYMENOPTERA References LATRODECTUS SPECIES References LOXOSCELES SPECIES References SCORPIONIDA (SCORPIONS) References MARINE ENVENOMATIONS CATFISH References COELENTERATE: ANTHOZOA References COELENTERATE: HYDROZOA References COELENTERATA: SCYPHOZOA References DASYATIS (STINGRAY) References ECHINODERMATA References MOLLUSCA References PORIFERA References SCORPAENIDAE References SNAKE ENVENOMATIONS COLUBRIDAE References CROTALIDAE References ELAPIDAE References HYDROPHIDAE References Chapter 28: ALLERGENS ENZYMES References FARM ANIMALS References GRAIN DUST References INSECTS References LABORATORY ANIMALS References MITES References PLANTS References SHELLFISH AND OTHER MARINE INVERTEBRATES References WHEAT FLOUR AND EGG References Chapter 29: LATEX OCCUPATIONAL SETTING EXPOSURE (ROUTE) PATHOBIOLOGY DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References Chapter 30: MALIGNANT CELLS OCCUPATIONAL SETTING EXPOSURE (ROUTE) PATHOBIOLOGY TREATMENT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References Chapter 31: RECOMBINANT ORGANISMS OCCUPATIONAL SETTING EXPOSURE (ROUTE) PATHOBIOLOGY MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References Chapter 32: PRIONS OCCUPATIONAL SETTING EXPOSURE (ROUTE) PATHOBIOLOGY DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT PREVENTION References Chapter 33: ENDOTOXINS OCCUPATIONAL SETTING EXPOSURE (ROUTE) PATHOBIOLOGY ACUTE EXPOSURES CHRONIC EXPOSURE DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References Chapter 34: WOOD DUST OCCUPATIONAL SETTING EXPOSURE (ROUTE) PATHOBIOLOGY DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION References INDEX END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT