Dr. Manning’s Wisdom

Dr. Manning’s Wisdom

A diagram of the testing setup for vapor emissions.

Measuring Emission of Airborne Chemicals from Medical Devices per FDA’s “Letter to Health Care Providers”

by Dr. Charles Manning, PhD, CIH In a recent “Letter to Health Care Providers”, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested medical device suppliers study the potential emission of toxic chemicals such as formaldehyde and cyclohexanone or other chemicals from neonatal incubators or other devices in close contact with neonatal infants. I would like Read More …

Technical Presentations from AIHce 2018

As always, Assay Technology strives to be the technology leader in personal monitoring.  This year, our Chief Technical Officer, Gus Manning, and our Technical Director, Maria Peralta, gave talks at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition. Please click below to view the complete presentations made at the AIHce in May 2018. Testing Used Respirator Read More …

In the Synergist this month: Charles Manning

Cost-Effective and Convenient Exposure Assessment: Could It Be on a Path Toward Big Data? by Dr. Charles Manning, PhD, CIH Industrial hygienists responsible for workplaces that use chemicals typically do chemical risk assessments using combinations of three methods: monitoring (air sampling), modeling, and professional judgment. Professional judgment (so-called “qualitative exposure assessment”) has traditionally been popular Read More …