OHLearning.com is a newly launched website to globally resource eductaion in occupational hygeine. It is a project of the IOHA.
Occupational Hygiene
The AIOH text "Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene, An Introduction" has been translated into Mandarin for use in China and will be launched on Monday September 6th 2010 at Griffith University, Brisbane.
OHS book in Mandarin
A large study into brain tumours and mobile phones by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) INTERPHONE Study Group has just been published “Brain tumour risk in relation to mobile telephone use: results of the INTERPHONE international case–control study” in the International journal of epidemiology Advance Access published […]
Mobile phones and brain tumours
During a literacy project with 3 rural primary schools in Cambodia in October 2009, I saw several posters by the Australian Government on the walls of classrooms. The design of the mask is such that it would give the wearer very limited protection as the face mask would not seal […]
Face masks in Cambodia
The Australian Broadcasting Commission has a website with snippets and videos of nearly 80 vocations. Here is the one for Occupational Hygiene
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A US Institute of Medicine task force has just reported on the use of PPE with the H1N1 Swine Flu. Of particular interest is early findings from Professor MacIntyre’s (University of New South Wales) study into PPE in Chinese hospitals Major findings of the task force from an occupational hygiene […]
US IOM Task Force reports on PPE with HINI Swine ...
The National Academies Press has a free download “Reusability of Facemasks During an Influenza Pandemic: Facing the Flu (2006)“. Unfortunately they see a huge need for more research in the area, so the advice tends to be a bit of a guess.
Reusing flu facemasks
A recent paper MacIntyre, C. R., S. Cauchemez, et al. (2009). “Face Mask Use and Control of Respiratory Virus Transmission in Households.” Emerging Infectious Diseases 15(2): 233-241. is available from the CDC as free download Unfortunately, despite the warning
Surgical masks vs P2 (N95) respirators #2
There is not yet any direct data on the survivability of the Influenza A H1N1 swine flu virus on different surfaces, but there is data for the survival of the Influenza A virus on various surfaces. Weber and Stilianakis (2008) published some data (22°C, 50-60% RH):
Survival of Influenza A on surfaces
Even though the WHO has renamed Swine Flu “Influenza A H1N1“, I suspect the popular name will remain Swine Flu. The National Academies Press have a number of books that can be downloaded for free as PDF files (you need to sign in with your email address) that are useful, […]