Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene : The Application of Basic Principles is organized by Harvard T. H Chan School of Public Health and would be held during Jul 10 - 14, 2017 at Harvard Longwood Campus - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.This CME conference has been approved with 40 Continuing Education Credits.
This program is designed both for professionals with direct responsibility for industrial hygiene and for those managing the health and safety function. As a participant in this continuing education course, you will learn the concepts critical to creating a safe work environment and hone your technical expertise in protecting employees from workplace health hazards.
Industrial hygiene concepts covered in this course include :
• Ergonomics
• Exposure assessment
• Radiation protection
• Personal protective equipment
• Respiratory protection
• Ventilation
• Quality of the indoor environment
• Noise reduction
• Sampling and instrumentation
Course Objectives are :
• Determine the physiological and toxicological effects of exposures to workplace hazards
• Understand the physical and chemical behavior of aerosols and gas mixtures
• Identify methods to measure and control noise stress in the workplace
• Understand the effects of ionizing and nonionizing radiation
This course enables you to practice skills you can immediately apply to improve employee health and safety in your organization.