ANSI/AIHA Z9.11: Laboratory Decommissioning—Keeping in Compliance With the New Standard

Course level
Introductory

Who Will Benefit
EHS professionals, including individuals responsible for laboratory facilities and operations (managers and regulators), architects and engineers renovating lab facilities

Presented By
Farhad Memarzadeh, PhD, PE
Louis DiBerardinis, CIH, CSP                                      

Course Description

This recently published standard provides a strategy to perform a risk assessment of a research space and to ensure the safety and readiness for the demolition worker to begin work and/or for the next occupant. This standard identifies the minimum acceptable criteria for completing the decommissioning process and documenting the necessary information for regulatory and historical purposes. References, tables and other resources for assessing the risk level of the project will also be incorporated into the presentation.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion students will better be able to:

•  Determine the key components of decommissioning laboratories
•  Identify the complexities and pitfalls in decommissioning labs
•  Develop incite into performing risk assessments for labs
•  Discuss strategies for successful decommissioning of labs

Presenter Bios

Farhad Memarzadeh, PhD, PE
Memarzadeh is the Director of the Division of Technical Resources (DTR), at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. He has authored four books and written over 45 scientific research and technical papers in peer reviewed journals. He is an international consultant on biocontainment and medical research laboratories throughout the world. He has been a guest and keynote speaker at over 50 international scientific and engineering conferences and symposia.

Louis DiBerardinis, CIH, CSP                                      
DiBerardinis is the director of the Environment, Health and Safety Office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received his Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University, and a master's degree in industrial hygiene from Harvard University. DiBerardinis has been affiliated with MIT since 1989, assuming the position of Director of Environment, Health and Safety in 2001. He has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University School of Public Health since 1986 where he currently teaches in several graduate courses and continuing education programs.  He is the author of numerous technical publications and maintains professional affiliations with the American Academy of Industrial Hygiene, AIHA, BOHS, ASHRAE, ACGIH® and ASSE.

Certification Information

If you submit your final exam and evaluation within one month of purchasing your CD (exceptions may include AIHA local sections only) you can get 0.5 CM points, 0.25 COCs and 0.25 CEUs. Individual participants seeking CM points, COCs and CEUs must review the CD, complete the final exam and evaluation, and submit a processing fee ($35 per student).

Simply download the Post TeleWeb CD Order Form to purchase the original TeleWeb broadcast. You can review the CD on your own, with a group, or even share it with your student section, local section and others.

Added Extra Value Item:
Includes electronic copy of the recently published ANSI/AIHA Standard Z9.11.