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SynergistNOW, a blog created and delivered by the American Industrial Hygiene Association, offers ideas, insights, and perspectives on important topics affecting industrial and occupational hygiene professionals, written by and for experienced IH/OHs, researchers, academics, and AIHA leaders.​​

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April 7, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
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IHs Discuss Protecting Workers with Implanted Medical Devices

In an AIHce EXP 2019 session dedicated to protecting workers with implanted medical devices, industrial hygienists dispelled myths, discussed case studies, and made recommendations to keep workers with implants safe and on the job.
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April 2, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

What Does the Safe-in-Sound Award Mean to You? An AIHA Member Interviews the Winners

“[It’s] the hearing conservation award,” said Michael Santucci, audiologist, president of Sensaphonics, and 2009 winner of NIOSH’s inaugural Safe-in-Sound award, “and to be a recipient of that is just—I was floating! I’m very excited to have it.”
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March 31, 2020
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Members Making a Difference: Laurence Svirchev, CIH

AIHA members have used their expertise and knowledge to mobilize and collaborate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Take Laurence Svirchev, CIH, AIHA member since 2003, and AIHA ambassador to China.
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March 26, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

The Benefits of OHSMS Audits Start with Competent Auditors

The importance of an effective occupational health and safety management system cannot be overstated; in order to identify and address potential hazards in the workplace, employers and managers need competent auditors.
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March 19, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Serial

The ABC's of Flame-Resistant PPE

Building a PPE program that meets all safety requirements and your personal needs is not easy. But even the best PPE program in the world is ineffective without the proper implementation and training.
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March 17, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Washington Insider

Money, Power, Congress, and the Presidency

To better understand how power, money, and influence flow in Washington, let’s explore a side of policymaking that receives little coverage in the media but has tremendous impacts on the lives of everyone associated with the U.S. government.
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March 12, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Touchstone ... by Larry Sloan

Strength in Numbers

AIHA has a long history of collaboration with allied organizations in pursuit of common goals. Recently, we’ve begun discussing potential partnerships with associations whose areas of focus converge with the work of AIHA’s technical committees.
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March 10, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • Women in IH

An Equal World Is an Enabled World

March 8th was International Women’s Day. This year’s theme celebrated women’s achievements and encouraged us all to raise awareness of gender bias and take action to ensure a world of equality. The concept of gender bias stands out most for me.
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March 4, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • The Toolbox

Occupational Exposure Bands: A Reintroduction

Let me reintroduce a not-so-new tool to my fellow industrial hygienists: exposure banding. Occupational exposure banding is a heuristic for quickly assigning chemical substances to “bands” of exposure levels based on their associated health outcomes.
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March 3, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
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Changes Ahead: Talking AIHce EXP 2020 With Bethany Chirico

We talked with Bethany Chirico, Managing Director for AIHA’s Global Meetings and Business Development, about the process that led to the new changes that AIHce EXP attendees can expect at the upcoming Atlanta conference. Here’s what she had to say.
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February 27, 2020
  • Synergist Blog,
  • I Am IH

An Introduction to Total Worker Health

Have you ever heard members of your safety and health team talk about Total Worker Health (TWH)?
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February 25, 2020
  • Synergist Blog

Workplace Health and Safety at Nonprofits: Volunteers Needed

Shortly after I retired, I had time to help my favorite charity. I still saw the world through a professional safety and health lens, so I offered to help them improve workplace safety and health for their 900+ volunteers and 4 employees.
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