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ABIH Discontinues Reviews of the CM Point Requests for Category 4 Education Events

ABIH has discontinued all CM point request reviews for Category 4 Education events (with one exception as noted below). Instead, individuals will have to calculate their own CM points.  ABIH plans on providing additional information and guidance such as updated CM worksheets, point calculation tools, and guidance documents.  ABIH posted an initial announcement in November and an update in December. 

NEAIHA will assist in easing this transition and ensure that meeting agendas show the number of hours of technical content and calculated CM points. 

ABIH Credit for 2011 Ethics Workshop

For those who attended the Ethics Workshop at the 2011 All Day Industrial Hygiene Conference and Vendor Exhibition, the ABIH CM approval number is the same as the conference’s approval number.  Attendees should record 0.33 CM Ethics points and 0.67 IH points for CM purposes.  No separate number or receipt is required.  NEAIHA will maintain a copy of the sign-in sheets for our records.

ABIH CM Points Resolution for Meetings from 2004 to 2008

Dear NEAIHA Membership:

On April 13, 2009, members of the NEAIHA Executive Committee, with input from recent Past Presidents, sent a letter to ABIH regarding the misunderstandings over the CM points awarded for our technical meetings from 2004 to 2008. On July 6, 2009, ABIH responded with the attached letter.

For seven out of the 16 meetings that are still relevant where ABIH did not provide the number of hours awarded, they are awarding us 3 hours and the 0.5 CM point.  For the nine meetings where they indicated 2 hours they are continuing to award the two hours. With this resolution, the total difference from the 16 contested meetings is 1.5 points out of a possible 8 CM points.  In their letter, ABIH states that no NEAIHA member will lose their accreditation this coming cycle because they are short points due to the contested meetings as long as Tracy Parsons (tparsons@ABIH.org) the Administrative Program Manager at ABIH is contacted by September 1, 2009. While this resolution does not satisfy all of the committee’s concerns, this is a compromise that the EC voted to support.

Even without this issue, anyone getting close to certification should review their point totals. The NEAIHA.org website has a CM point table for our meetings and NEAIHA point information can also be obtained at the ABIH.org site using their Search function and entering “AIHA-New England Local Section” as the sponsor.

Please note that for meetings after September 2008, 0.5 CM points have been awarded and we expect this to continue in the future unless otherwise indicated in the meeting notice.

Any questions or concerns, please contact the NEAIHA President, Andrew Kalil, at akalil@mit.edu.

 Thank you,

The NEAIHA Executive Committee


CM Points

Title and Location of Meeting/Conference or Educational Program

Dates of Attendance

CM Points

CM Approval Number
NEAIHA Joint Technical Evening Meeting with Greater Boston ASSE at Embassy Suites, Waltham, MA (GHS) January 25, 2012 2 technical hours N/A
NEAIHA All Day Technical Conference and Vendor Exhibition at Four Points by Sheraton, Norwood, MA October 19, 2011 1.0
(0.67 IH, 0.33 Ethics)		 11-3662
NEAIHA Technical Evening Meeting at Port 305 in Marina Bay, Quincy, MA
May 25, 2011
0.5
11-2011
Covino Environmental Associates-NEAIHA Seminar on Industrial Hygiene in Construction at Healthcare Facilities, Woburn, MA
May 5, 2011
0.5
11-1544

NEAIHA Technical Evening Meeting in Framingham, MA

March 31, 2011
0.5
11-1342

NEAIHA Joint Technical Evening Meeting with Greater Boston ASSE in Waltham, MA

January 20, 2011

0.5

11-449

NEAIHA Lunchtime Technical Meeting at Chau Chow Restaurant in Dorchester, MA
 AIHA Teleweb “Cell Phones and Other Hot Topics in Non-Ionizing Radiation”
December 2, 2010

0.42 (upon completion and submittal of test)
N/A

NEAIHA All Day Technical Conference and Vendor Exhibition at Four Points by Sheraton, Norwood, MA

October 27, 2010

1.0

10-3546

NEAIHA Joint Technical Meeting with the New England Chapter of the Auditing Roundtable at Anthony’s Pier 4
June 9, 2010
0.5
10-3023
NEAIHA Evening Meeting: Exposure Assessment of Nanomaterials: Bridging the gap between research and IH practice at the Hilton in Woburn, MA
April 14, 2010
0.5
10-1727
NEAIHA Joint Technical Evening Meeting at The Best Western in Waltham, MA
January 28, 2010
0.5
10-402
NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting: IH Research at Universities and Colleges in Lowell, MA
December 10, 2009
0.5
09-4375

“PCB Update,” Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, W. Newton, MA (Dr. Robert Herrick - Harvard School of Public Health)
 Sponsored by MA Div. of Occupational Safety

November 17, 2009
0.33

09-4425
National Grid and NEAIHA Seminar: High Performance Labs; Sustainable, Safe and Energy Efficient at Westin Waltham
October 8, 2009
0.58
09-3759
NEAIHA All Day Technical Conference at Sheraton Needham
September 30, 2009
1.0
09-3337

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting on Ergonomics at Anthony’s Pier 4
June 24, 2009
0.5
09-2492

NEAIHA-Covino Environmental Associates Seminar: HVAC Solutions for IAQ

May 12, 2009
0.5

09-2184
NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting on Sustainability in Woburn
March 25, 2009
0.5
09-1192

“Case Study of Brazilian Painters”, Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, W. Newton, MA (Rick Rabin-MA DOS)

Sponsored by MA Div. of Occupational Safety
April 14, 2009
pending
pending

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting with Greater Boston ASSE

January 22, 2009

0.5

09-539

“Cleaning and Sanitation for Occupational Occupancies,”  Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, W. Newton, MA (Butchers Wax presenter)

Sponsored by MA Div. of Occupational Safety
January 20, 2009
1/6
09-881

“How to Use the US DOT Emergency Response Guidebook,” Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, W. Newton, MA (A. Murray-US DOT)

Sponsored by MA Div. of Occupational Safety
December 9, 2009
1/4
09-153

NEAIHA- SKC Half Day Seminar

December 4, 2008

0.5

07-3687

“Bloodborne Pathogens Update,” Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, W. Newton, MA (Mary Dozois, CIH)

Sponsored by MA Div. of Occupational Safety
November 25, 2008
1/6
09-152

Joint All-Day Technical Meeting in Sturbridge

October 14, 2008

1.0

08-2309

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting with NEACHMM – 2 hours

September 17, 2008

0.5 per 3 hours

08-2341

“Cleaning and Sanitation for Occupational Occupancies,”  Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, W. Newton, MA (Patrick Lucci-Electrolyzed Corp)

Sponsored by MA Div. of Occupational Safety
September 16, 2008
1/6
08-2568

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting at Anthony’s Pier IV

June 19, 2008

0.5

08-1789

“Sling Safety,”  Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, W. Newton, MA (I and I Sling)

Sponsored by MA Div. of Occupational Safety
May 13, 2008
1/6
08-1695

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting with Auditing Roundtable – 2 hours

March 26,2008

0.5 per 3 hours

08-987

“Dust Control Applications,”  Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, W. Newton, MA (Angus Culkin of Fiberlock)

Sponsored by MA Div. of Occupational Safety
January 29, 2009
1/6
08-639

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting with Greater Boston ASSE – 2 hours

January 23,2008

0.5 per 3 hours

07-3990

Networking and Safety Problem Solving Sponsor Boston ASSE

December 13, 2007

0.5

07-3904

1st Annual Industrial Hygiene Joint Conference—CRV, NE and WM

November 7, 2007

1.0

07-2529

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting with NECOEM

September 26, 2007

0.5

07-2564

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting at Anthony’s Pier IV – 2 hours

June 20, 2007

0.5 per 3 hours

07-1467

Hearing Protection and Conservation -Aearo/EAR

April 26, 2007

1.0

07-677

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting, EPA Lab Visit - 2 hours

March 14, 2007

0.5

 07-741

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting - 2 hours

January 17, 2007

0.5 per 3 hours

09-085

NEAIHA All Day Technical Meeting

November 16, 2006

1.0

06-2794

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting – 2 hours

September 20, 2006

0.5 per 3 hours

06-2361

NEAIHA End of Year Evening Technical Meeting – 2 hours

 

June 8, 2006

 

0.5 per 3 hours

 

06-157

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting – 2 hours

 Marriott Newton, Ed Levesque-(Millennium)-Developing a Multi-Faceted Training Program for BioTech-one that they will love!,  Rich Nill- (Wyeth BioPharma)-Safety and Health Considerations in Biopharmaceutical Operations

 

March 16, 2006

 

0.5 per 3 hours

 

06-918

 

NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting.

 Sheraton Lexington,Pam Greenley(MIT) and John Dembrosky(Novartis)-Laboratory Ventilation: A tour of what’s new in Kendall Square(Cambridge) Neighborhood, John Nesbitt(OSHA)-OSHA Ventilation Rules and Regulations Overview

 

January 10, 2006

 

0.5

 

06-024

 All Day Technical Meeting-Strategy, Updates, Nanotechnology, Control Banding, EH&S Integration, Cluster Analysis

 

November 10, 2005

 

1.0

 

05-2705

 NEAIHA Evening Technical Meeting – 2 hours

Holiday Inn Select, Nancy Burns,(Medical Reserve Corps and Industrial Hygiene-Being Prepared Just Makes Sense), Don Cooke- N. Reading Fire Dept.-MA State Wide Decontamination System-Stories from the Field)

 

Sept 28, 2005

 

0.5 per 3 hours

 

05-2424

 

 Anthony’s Pier 4,  Commander Dan Hewett (Anthrax & Lead Case Studies), Jack Fultz-Motivational talk on the Boston Marathon and preparation

 

June 8, 2005

 

0.5

 

05-1603

 

Joint meeting with Assoc. of Occup. Health Nurses. Respiratory Changes & Tuberculosis, & Medical Surveillance

03/08/05 rescheduled to 03/15/05

 

0.5

 

05-728

 

Ethics in the Profession joint meeting with ASSE

 

01/11/05

 

0.5

 

04-3409

 

All Day Meeting:  IH bridging EH&S

 

11/09/04

 

1

 

04-2803

New Meeting Format – Meeting Sponsor TSI, Long Term Validation of Passive Monitors for Submarine Air Quality & The Importance of IH Metrics: Leading and Bleeding Indicators--the MIT Story

 

9/22/04

0.5 – ABIH awarded 2 tech hrs. and then adjusted following phone call by JRK on 1/14/05

 

04-2098

Discussion of Deer Island Outfall

 

6/2/04

 

1/6

 

04-1263

Thermo Electron Plant Tour

 

3/16/04

 

0.5

 

04-861

EH&S – Show Me The Money

 

1/13/04

 

1/6

 

04-069

All Day Meeting:  The Many Hats of Industrial Hygiene

 

11/9/03

 

1

 

03-2916

IH Experiences of a Polaroid EH&S Intern

 

9/24/03

 

1/6

 

03-2483

Dinner Meeting:  Industrial Hygiene Issues within the FBI

 

6/4/03

 

1/6

 

03-1738

Dinner Meeting: IH Goes to Broadway

 

3/19/03

 

1/6

 

03-1739

Dinner Meeting:  What’s new in the ANSI Health and Safety Standards for Ventilation Systems (Z9)

 

 

1/16/03

 

1/6

 

03-434

TSI IAQ Seminar

1/9/03

0.5

02-1250

All Day Meeting:  Disaster Preparedness and Response in the Wake of September 11th

 

11/7/02

 

1

 

02-3444

Dinner Meeting:  Radio Frequency Radiation Risk:  A Focus on Wireless Telephones

 

9/18/02

 

1/6

 

02-3457

Dinner Meeting:  Laser Safety

 

3/14/02

 

1/6

 

02-3268

Dinner Meeting:  Occupational Health and Safety and Your Maintenance Department:  Meeting the Challenge

 

5/7/02

 

1/6

 

02-3269

All Day Meeting:  Spotlight on Ergonomics

 

11/8/01

 

1

 

02-3455

80th – Mass Safety & Health Conference.  Co-sponsored event

 

03/27/01

0.5 for half a day or 1.5 for both days

 

01-072

Dinner Meeting:  Volumetric Air Sampling Versus STP Sampling

 

 3/14/01

 

1/6

 

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