Article ; Online: Assessing and managing the risks of COVID-19 in the workplace: Applying industrial hygiene (IH)/occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) frameworks.
Toxicology and industrial health
2020 Volume 36, Issue 9, Page(s) 607–618
Abstract: ... CoV-2), specifically. Available IH/OEHS risk assessment and risk management tools (e.g. control ... selecting the best available controls, and applying other emerging tools (e.g. quantitative microbial ...
Abstract | As businesses attempt to reopen to varying degrees amid the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, industrial hygiene (IH) and occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) professionals have been challenged with assessing and managing the risks of COVID-19 in the workplace. In general, the available IH/OEHS tools were designed to control hazards originating in the workplace; however, attempts to tailor them specifically to the control of infectious disease outbreaks have been limited. This analysis evaluated the IH decision-making framework (Anticipate, Recognize, Evaluate, Control, and Confirm ("ARECC")) as it relates to biological hazards, in general, and to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), specifically. Available IH/OEHS risk assessment and risk management tools (e.g. control banding and the hierarchy of controls) are important components of the ARECC framework. These conceptual models, however, were primarily developed for controlling chemical hazards and must be adapted to the unique characteristics of highly infectious and virulent pathogens, such as SARS-CoV-2. This assessment provides an overview of the key considerations for developing occupational infection control plans, selecting the best available controls, and applying other emerging tools (e.g. quantitative microbial risk assessment), with the ultimate goal of facilitating risk management decisions during the current global pandemic. |
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MeSH term(s) | COVID-19/prevention & control ; COVID-19/transmission ; Humans ; Infection Control/methods ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. ; Occupational Exposure/prevention & control ; Occupational Health ; Pandemics ; Risk Assessment ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Safety Management/methods ; United States ; Workplace |
Keywords | covid19 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-10-21 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 56831-4 |
ISSN | 1477-0393 ; 0748-2337 |
ISSN (online) | 1477-0393 |
ISSN | 0748-2337 |
DOI | 10.1177/0748233720967522 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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