As the global leader in personal monitoring badge technology, Assay Technology often gives technical presentations at the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s annual conference. For AIHA Connect 2024, our Chief Technical Officer, Gus Manning, and our Technical Director, Maria Peralta, each spoke about common industry misconceptions.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Notice to Lab Customers For years, Assay Technology has referenced a modified version of OSHA #7 (Organic Vapors) on our reports for most of the chemicals collected on charcoal media. (Badges: 546, 566, 521, and 525 for chemicals like benzene, IPA, and methylene chloride.) This method is very similar or the same as many of the other methods Read More …