Write a review all lecture materials, specially the topics I mention every "Last Session Review". Pay extra attention on the following:
Intro to IH
- Elements of industrial hygiene
- People as early contributors to industrial hygiene
- Roles of an industrial hygienist
- Types of health hazards and specific examples
- Categories of control strategies
- Tools used in walk-through surveys (MSDS, process flow chart, plant layout)
- Use of IH instruments shown during 1st lab
Toxicology
- Concepts and definitions (dose-response relationship, threshold dose, LD50, acute vs chronic, nothreshold, safety factor, determinant)
- Factors affecting toxicity
- Routes of exposure/ entry for toxins
- Mechanisms for the distribution of toxin
- Mechanisms of neurotoxins
- Biotransformation
- Excretion of toxin
- Use of animal testing
- Theories in cancer causation (one-hit, initiation, promotion, no-threshold)
- Classes of toxins (irritants, sensitizers, etc.)
Occupational standards
- Types of exposure limits
- Calculation of TWA exposure
- Action level (definition, value for noise, etc.)
- Mixture rule (computations)
- Skin notation (definition)
- IDLH
- Important OSHA standards for an IH Program
- Composition of HAZMAT Team
- Confined space (definition, etc.)
Airborne hazards
- Protective mechanisms of the respiratory tract
- Aerodynamic diameter (definition)
- Different forms of particulates (dust, mists, fumes)
- Use of size-selective sampling
- Size fractions of particulates (inhalable, etc.)
- Occupational diseases caused by specific airborne hazards (silicosis, etc.)
- Calculation of PEL for different types of silica
- Simple vs chemical asphyxiant.