The document discusses the potential benefits of partnerships between industrial hygienists (IH) and facility managers (FM). Both roles involve evaluating work environments and developing programs to prevent health and safety issues, and their tasks are often influenced by regulatory requirements. Partnering could help both address regulatory changes more effectively by leveraging their complementary expertise. For example, if OSHA were to lower permissible exposure limits for chloroform, an IH could design compliance tests and an FM could ensure facilities meet the new requirements to protect employee safety.

1. A REASON TO PARTNER
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS + FACILITY MANAGERS
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2. WHY ARE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS (IH)AND FACILITY MANAGERS (FM) POTENTIALLY PRODUCTIVE PARTNERS?
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Both have interdisciplinary practices and expertise that include the built environment and the people who work in it
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Careers of both are affected by regulatory/ certification issues outside their control
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Solving problems = job success

3. LET’S COMPARE
Industrial Hygienists (IH)
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Evaluate work environment
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Design programs to prevent problems
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Tasks influenced by regulatory requirements for specific occupational situations
Facility Managers (FM)
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Evaluate work environments
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Develop policies to prevent problems
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Tasks may be influenced by certification requirements of a specific industry

4. , PELS, IH, FM
OSHA: updating decades-old
PELs (permissible exposure limits);
many occupations will be affected
IH: produced many up-to-date PEL recommendations; can design tests to ensure compliance, employee safety
FM: ensure facility meets new exposure requirements and provides employee safety

5. EXAMPLE: IF EXPOSURE LIMITS FOR CHLOROFORM WERE REDUCED
Exposure Guidelines for Chloroform (Trichloromethane // CAS: 67-66-3)
Agency
Type of Limit
Limit Amount
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)
50 ppm
240 mg/m3 Ceiling (TWA)
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
Threshold Limit Value (TLV)
10 ppm
49 mg/m3 TWA
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Recommended Exposure Limit (REL)
2 ppm
9.78 mg/m3 STEL (60 minutes)
Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH)
500 ppm
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Chloroform vapor control with carbon filtration
Facilities types that could require evaluation by FM and IH:
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Pharmaceutical mfg
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Laboratories
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Medical buildings
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Numerous manufacturing sites

6. IH AND FM SOLVE IMPORTANT PROBLEMS
IH
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Why we love Industrial Hygienists
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Know the difference between dilution and source capture
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Develops data that influences business plans
FM
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The great solvers: facility managers and engineered air
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FM solves acid rain problem
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Two true stories from the land of Facilities Management

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