Dear all,
What is a sensible threshold for keeping people working with solder fume
under health surveillance?
We have many occasional users of solder in College: technicians who on an
intermittent basis will carry out repairs or make up bespoke electrical
rigs, or students on project work. There is lots we can & are doing on
prevention of exposure, but we'll be left with a rag-bag of situations where
we cannot be certain that no exposure will occur. However, there are real
practical (& credibility) difficulties on having a policy which says survey
every user who may be exposed, irrespective of frequency & duration of use
etc.
Anyone out there got a sensible, defensible, marketable threshold?
Ps Thanks (Occ-Health discussion group) for the wonderfully sensible
discussion over the week on how to handle conflicting fitness reports.
Dr. Alan Swann, BM, AFOM
Director of Occupational Health
Occupational Health Service
Imperial College Health Centre
Watts Way
London
SW7 1 LU
Tel: +44 (20) 7594 9385
Fax: +44 (20) 7594 9407
http://www.ad.ic.ac.uk/occ_health/ <http://www.ad.ic.ac.uk/occ_health/>
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