RT Book, Section A1 Rice, Peter B. A2 LaDou, Joseph A2 Harrison, Robert J. SR Print(0) ID 1104107719 T1 Industrial (Occupational) Hygiene T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 5e YR 2013 FD 2013 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071808156 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1104107719 RD 2024/03/29 AB Industrial hygiene is the science of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling workplace conditions that may cause workers' injury or illness. Industrial hygienists use environmental monitoring and analytical methods to detect the extent of worker exposure and employ engineering, work practice controls, and other methods to control potential health hazards. The anticipation and recognition of health hazards have primacy because they must take place before proper evaluation or control (if needed) can take place. On anticipation or recognition of a health hazard, the industrial hygienist should be able to identify measures necessary for proper evaluation. On completion of the evaluation, the industrial hygienist then is in a position (in consultation with other members of the occupational health and safety team) to recommend and implement controls needed to reduce risks to within tolerable limits. Hazards arising from the workplace include the potential harm that may arise in the community by poorly controlled emissions and such issues as familial exposures from harmful debris taken home on workers' clothing.