AIHA  

Falls Church,  VA 
United States
https://www.aiha.org

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AIHA is the association for scientists and professionals committed to preserving and ensuring occupational and environmental health and safety (OEHS) in the workplace and community. Founded in 1939, we support our members with our expertise, networks, comprehensive education programs, and other products and services that help them maintain the highest professional and competency standards. More than half of AIHA's nearly 8,500 members are Certified Industrial Hygienists, and many hold other professional designations. AIHA serves as a resource for those employed across the public and private sectors and the communities in which they work.

For more information, visit www.aiha.org.

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 Press Releases

• Leading Health Organizations Urge Businesses to Follow the National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan and Continue Efforts to Control the Spread of New and Future Variants (Apr 07, 2022)

  March 14, 2022 (Falls Church, VA) – Leading health organizations are calling on employers and employees to commit to continued risk mitigation efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 variants and to protect the future health and safety of workers. The call to action comes on the heels of announcements including President Biden’s new COVID-19 Preparedness Plan, which will help Americans move forward safely while also preparing for new variants, and the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announcement enforcing inspections in hospitals and nursing care facilities aimed at protecting the health and safety of healthcare workers at heightened risk for exposure to COVID-19.
  
  AIHA, the association for scientists and professionals committed to preserving and ensuring occupational and environmental health and safety in the workplace and community, in partnership with IBEC, The Integrated Bioscience and Built Environment Consortium, have launched Commit To C.A.R.E., a public education initiative that provides free tools and resources addressing environmental mitigation strategies, such as engineering and administrative controls, and respiratory protection for employers and their employees. The web portal encourages companies to commit to reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the workplace and surrounding communities by adopting practical measures, such as enhanced introduction of outdoor air and filtration measures. These best practices help protect building occupants against the aerosol transmission of the virus. The initiative is funded by a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  
  Businesses, as well as public health and occupational health and safety organizations, continue to join the Commit To C.A.R.E. initiative. These include National Safety Council, Society for Critical Care Medicine, the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare, ABSA International, and Indoor Air Quality Association Australia, among others.
  
  “As employers and employees return to office buildings and work facilities safely, it’s critical they take necessary steps to keep their work environments and communities safe and prepare for future airborne viruses. While vaccination, physical distancing and masks are important, there are other steps organizations should take to prepare for future variants and protect what matters most — people,” said AIHA CEO Lawrence Sloan. “Commit To C.A.R.E. resources include the most comprehensive tools that employers and employees can use to better understand their risk and take action to protect themselves and others,” he added.
  
  Commit To C.A.R.E. (Community, Awareness, Responsibility, Equity) strives to debunk myths about the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The site simplifies the complexities of the science of airborne disease transmission and portions it out in no-cost, engaging multi-media tools available in nine different languages. The goal of Commit To C.A.R.E. initiative is to educate and encourage businesses to pledge their commitment to C.A.R.E. for the health and well-being of their employees, clients, and customers. Enhancing understanding of the risk factors and mitigation strategies for COVID-19 transmission across employers, employees, and the public (e.g., customers) creates communication opportunities that will improve the acceptance and application of these strategies.
  
  The comprehensive resources, written in non-technical terms, include micro-training videos (i.e., addressing the importance of control strategies such as ventilation and respiratory protection), checklists, a web-based interactive assessment tool, other informational pieces on such topics as in-house vaccination and testing policy, and more. The free resources also include downloadable posters and fliers for use in the workplace. For more information about becoming a C.A.R.E. Partner, or accessing free multimedia resources such as checklists, posters, flyers, videos and to take the C.A.R.E. pledge, visit: Commit2Care.org.
  
  Ways employers and employees can get involved:

  • Share information about Commit To C.A.R.E with your employers and clients. Visit: www.BackToWorkSafely.org/CDC to download a tool kit of materials to get started;
  • Request that your employer send an email to employees asking them to take the Commit To C.A.R.E pledge;
  • Ask your employer to include information about Commit To C.A.R.E in the company newsletter and on social media;
  • Tell colleagues in your company about Commit To C.A.R.E.;
  • Ask a business owner you know to take the pledge and Commit To C.A.R.E.;
  • Send Commit To C.A.R.E. videos, checklists, etc. that you download to friends and family via email or your social media network!

  
  "The resources included in Commit To C.A.R.E. help create a collective understanding of the issues across the workforce, building a solid framework for more detailed training within an organization," said Kenneth Martinez, Chief Science Officer at IBEC. "The resources go one step further by targeting the content specifically to key industries: general business, healthcare, and long-term care facilities," he added.
  
  About AIHA
  AIHA is the association for scientists and professionals committed to preserving and ensuring occupational and environmental health and safety in the workplace and community. Founded in 1939, we support our members with our expertise, networks, comprehensive education programs, and other products and services that help them maintain the highest professional and competency standards. More than half of AIHA's nearly 8,500 members are Certified Industrial Hygienists, and many hold other professional designations. AIHA serves as a resource for those employed across the public and private sectors, as well as to the communities in which they work.
  
  In 2020, AIHA developed the “Back to Work Safely” initiative to help small businesses get back to work safely with business sector-specific guidelines and resources. AIHA’s Back to Work Safely Guidelines, 2nd Edition, are now available for small to mid-size businesses in 27 sectors. The free guidance documents, available in English and Spanish, provide clear and actionable steps towards the safe operations of a variety of workplaces through prevention, early detection, and control of COVID-19. The 2nd editions offer practical guidance for employers to implement multiple layers of risk mitigation strategies in order of most effective to least effective – through the elimination of a hazard, substitution of a hazard, use of engineering controls (e.g., increased ventilation and air filtration), administrative controls (e.g., staggered shifts), and personal protective equipment (e.g., respirators and gloves). For more information, please visit www.backtoworksafely.org.
  
  About IBEC
  IBEC, the Integrated Bioscience and Built Environment Consortium, strives to bridge the gap between science and real-world applications so that people can feel safe gathering together again in indoor spaces. A membership-based organization founded in March 2020, IBEC brings together scientists, OEHS professionals, disaster response, and healthcare specialists to help accelerate the contributions of science and technology for healthily built environments. For more information, please visit www.weareibec.org.

• AIHA Supports EPA Clean Air in Buildings Challenge (Apr 07, 2022)

  March 17, 2022 (Falls Church, Va)-On March 17, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its Clean Air in Buildings Challenge, which calls for building owners and operators to take actions reducing risks from airborne viruses and other indoor contaminants by following the challenge’s provided set of guiding principles and best practices. The challenge is part of President Biden’s National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan, released earlier this month. Key actions outlined in the challenge include the creation of a clean indoor air action plan, optimization of fresh air ventilation, enhancement of air filtration and cleaning, and community engagement, communication, and education efforts. Through these actions, building owners and operators are encouraged to collaborate with experts, facilities managers, and others to reduce occupants’ risks of exposure to indoor contaminants.

  According to AIHA CEO Lawrence D. Sloan, “AIHA welcomes this challenge and shares its goal of helping building owners and managers improve indoor air quality and protect the health of our communities.”

  “To this end,” Sloan added, “under a cooperative grant agreement funded in part by a CDC/NIOSH grant, AIHA has developed several free, science-based resources to help businesses and workers improve air quality and reduce the transmission of COVID-19.”

  The abovementioned resources are associated with Commit to C.A.R.E., AIHA’s public awareness campaign to promote accurate information about COVID-19, following the principles of community, awareness, responsibility, and equity. “All the tools developed under this project have been created with the needs of a non-scientific and non-medical audience in mind—that is, for people running businesses,” said Sloan. “They are designed to empower accountability and responsibility and intended to facilitate fair and equitable access to information by everyone.”

  The Commit to C.A.R.E. initiative strives to debunk myths about the spread of COVID-19 and make scientific complexities easier to understand through engaging multimedia tools that are available in nine different languages and at no cost. The initiative also invites businesses and public health organizations to guarantee their contributions to making buildings, organizations, and communities healthier and safer by taking the Commit to C.A.R.E. pledge.

  In addition, AIHA offers a series of free public resources that can help building owners and operators successfully meet the Clean Air in Buildings Challenge, including:

  • Back to Work Safely, a library of 27 industry-specific guidance documents, available online for free in English and Spanish
  • Indoor Air Quality, a hub of free information on improving indoor air quality, developed by occupational and environmental health and safety professionals
  • Pandemics Resource Center, a CDC-supported educational initiative that includes resources like the HVAC Optimization Checklist (PDF) and the Portable Air Cleaner Optimization Checklist (PDF)

  A complete PDF of the Clean Air in Buildings Challenge, and other information relevant to indoor air quality and COVID-19, can be accessed on EPA’s website.

• AIHA Announces Election Results for the 2022–2023 Board of Directors (Apr 07, 2022)

  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (March 29, 2022)—AIHA has announced four new members of its Board of Directors who will serve for the 2022–2023 term, starting from their induction on May 25, during AIHA’s Annual Business Meeting. The Business Meeting will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, as part of the Association’s conference this year, AIHce EXP 2022.

  The Board of Directors candidates are recommended by AIHA’s Nominating Committee, from a pool of nominees put forward by the AIHA membership at large through a rigorous open call process. 2021–2022 Nominating Committee chair Lindsay Cook, CIH, CSP, FAIHA, speaking on behalf of the committee, said, “We are thankful for all of the talented individuals, including Board members, committee volunteers, and association members, who lend their time and expertise to help AIHA pursue its goal for healthier workplaces and communities.”
  
  The new AIHA Board officers and directors are as follows:

  

  Nicole Greeson, MS, CIH, was elected as vice-president after serving as 2020–2022 treasurer and 2019–2020 treasurer-elect. A member of AIHA since 2001, she has served on the Mentoring and Professional Development Committee—as chair, vice chair, and past chair during the years 2014 and 2017—and the Healthcare Working Group. She also chaired the Board of Directors of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene from 2014 to 2015 and is the director of the Occupational Hygiene and Safety Division of Duke University and Health System in Durham, North Carolina.

  

  Pamela Kostle, MS, CIH, FAIHA, was elected as secretary-elect. A member since 2000, she previously served on the AIHA Board of Directors from 2018 to 2021. Kostle has also served in the Fellows Special Interest Group, the Sampling and Laboratory Analysis Committee, and the Stewardship and Sustainability Committee. Now retired, she previously worked as the occupational health manager in the Environmental and Occupational Health unit of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s University Health Services. Kostle is a graduate of the University of Iowa and currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

  

  Bryan Seal, PhD, CIH, CSP, CHMM, REHS, was elected as a director. A member since 1993, he has served on the Exposure and Control Banding, Respiratory Protection, Exposure Assessment Strategies, Risk, and Named Awards and Fellows Selection Committees, as well as the ABET-AIHA-ASSP Joint Curriculum Task Force. Seal is managing principal of Contemporary Industrial Hygiene & Safety Inc. and an assistant professor at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A graduate of Penn State University, he currently lives in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
   

  

  Eric R. White, MPH, CIH, CSP, was elected as a director. A member since 2010, he has served on the Ergonomics, Exposure and Control Banding, and Conference Planning Committees. White, a graduate of The University of Michigan, works as an environmental health and safety manager for AbbVie. He currently lives in Chicago.

  More information about the AIHA Board of Directors can be found on AIHA’s governance webpage.

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