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Not Exactly Acts of God, But Some Forces Complicate the Lives of

Facility Managers Big Time

1 – Extremism2 – New regulations3 – Outdated regulations4 – Improved solutions5 – Hazards of new technologies

THE FORCES

Bad actors live everywhere there’s a postal service to disrupt with biological, explosive threats

USPS: 23 million mail pieces each day

Somebody at your facility has to open the mail

Cost-effective ductless hood an engineering control that protects workers

More at our blogsite ISC states that “engineering controls provide the best means of preventing worker exposure to potential hazardous aerosolized particles.”

ISC states that “engineering controls provide the best means of preventing worker exposure to potential hazardous aerosolized particles.”

FREEBest practices for Safe

Mail HandlingInteragency Security

Committee

FREEBest practices for Safe

Mail HandlingInteragency Security

Committee

1EXTREMISM AND INCOMING MAIL SECURITY

NEW REGULATIONSExample: USP 800mayrequire pharmacies to add ductwork, purchase new lab hoodsMore…

2

OUTDATED REGULATIONS Meeting out-of-date OSHA exposure standards

doesn’t relieve you of responsibility Newer standards of other agencies may apply

General Duty Clause is the overarching requirement for all employers

More…

Toluene 20 ppm TWA

200 ppm TWA

100 ppm TWA

Symptoms: weakness, confusion, euphoria, dizziness, headache; dilated pupils, anxiety, muscle fatigue, insomnia; paresthesia; dermatitis; liver, kidney damage

ACGIH OSHA NIOSH

3

OUTDATED CONCEPTS: DILUTION VS SOURCE CAPTURE

Dilution Ventilation Source Capture [local exhaust]Advantages Disadvantages Advantages Disadvantages

Usually lower equipment, installation costs.

Does not completely remove contaminants.

Captures contaminant at source, removes it from

workplace.

Higher costs for design, installation, equipment.

Requires less maintenance.

Cannot be used for highly toxic chemicals

Only choice for highly toxic airborne chemicals.

Requires regular cleaning, inspection,

maintenance.Effective for small

amounts of low toxicity chemicals

Ineffective for dusts, metal fumes, large amts

of gases, vapors.

Can handle all sorts of contaminants, including

dusts, metal fumes.

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists says,“Air changes per hour” or “air changes per minute” is a poor basis for ventilation criteria where environmental control of hazards, heat, and/or odors is required. The required ventilation depends on the problem, not on the size of the room in which it occurs.

More….

4

3D printing produces nano-scale ultra fine particles (UFP), just like diesel engines

Inhaled nano particles can migrate from lungs to other tissues, including brain

Ultrafine particle emissions from desktop 3D printers, by Brent Stephens, Parham Azimi, Zeineb El Orcha,

Tiffanie Ramos Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of

Technology, Chicago, IL, USA, National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA de Lyon), Lyon, Fran

http://bit.ly/11RTixO

Ultrafine particle emissions from desktop 3D printers, by Brent Stephens, Parham Azimi, Zeineb El Orcha,

Tiffanie Ramos Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of

Technology, Chicago, IL, USA, National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA de Lyon), Lyon, Fran

http://bit.ly/11RTixO

5NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NEW HAZARDS

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