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Disaster Advice Glossary
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Disaster recovery and restoration can be veiled in mystery to the many who have not undertaken specific training. This glossary explains technical terms to assist both report writing and the understanding of those technical terms so often misunderstood.
Definitions
| ACGIH: |
An abbreviation for the American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists Association. See AIHA, Bioaerosol: Assesment and Control |
| Bioaerosols: Assessment and Control: |
The name of a book published in 1999 by the American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) for practitioners assessing and developing mitigation strategies for contaminated indoor environments. Education Note: Other practitioners in mitigation, remediation and abatement, will find this book applicable and valuable. |
| Full-scale Containment and Correction: |
In fungal contamination, full-scale containment and correction are the appropriate steps necessary, including those commensurate with fungi contaminated building materials having mass-amounts of visible fungi or from testing and laboratory analysis, which indicates that a particular fungi is present and is known to release dangerous toxins. In these situations full-scale containment and correction must include asbestos abatement techniques for the containment and removal of fungi contaminated building materials. (Ref: Morey, 1994; Weber and Martinez, 1996; ACGIH Bioaerosol - Assessment and Control, 1999). See Containment-Unit Cleaning and Decontamination, Critical Barrier during Fungi Abatement, Decontamination Unit during Fungi Abatement, Full-body Covering during Fungi Abatement, Full-scale Fungal Decontamination Unit, Negative Air Pressure during Fungi Abatement, Occupational Exposures during Fungal Remediation, Perimeter Area Cleaning from Fungal Contamination, Visible Fungi Contamination |
| Occupational Exposures during Fungal Remediation: |
The scientific data is limited on fungi related occupational exposures that have occurred during the remediation of fungi, but the signs and symptoms of fungal spores have been recorded. (Morey and Hunt, 1995; Ansari and Morey, 1996; Rautiala et al., 1996; Weber and Martinez, 1996). ACGIH in their Bioaerosols: Assessment and Control, 1999, mentions that decisions on what PPE will adequately protect workers performing [fungi] remediation requires experienced and professional judgement, which occupational physicians, toxicologists, respiratory protection experts, and health and safety professionals may be able to provide. Individuals employed in the extensive removal of contaminated building materials should be informed in writing by a physician of the potential health risks of bioaerosol exposure. |
| Respirable Guidelines: |
The American Conference of Governmental Hygienists (ACGIH) sets threshold limit values (TLVs) for many chemical and physical respiratory hazards. The ACGIH recommends particle size-selective TLVs for inhalation hazards in the workplace. Particle size determines the deposition site within the respiratory tract and the subsequent health effect. |
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