Industrial Hygiene

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Industrial Hygiene

• IH is the practice of providing the best possible
  work environment in such aspects as
• Ergonomics
• Study of body/work mechanics
• Monitoring repetitive behaviors
• Noise pollution
• Over 80 decibels is considered hazardous noise
  and require ear plugs

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Industrial Hygiene (cont)

• Biohazardous waste
• Collection of possibly biohazardous samples from
  various sites
• Testing and proper disposal of biohazard
• Radiological protection and detection
• ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable)
• Detection of radiation using Geiger counter and
  Alpha/Beta detectors