Accuracy of professional judgments for dermal exposure assessment using deterministic models.
The accuracy of exposure judgments, particularly for scenarios where only qualitative information is available or a systematic approach is not used, has been evaluated and shown to have a relatively low level of accuracy. This is particularly true for dermal exposures, where less information is gene...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene Vol. 20; no. 3/4; pp. 143 - 159 |
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| Formato: | CEU pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar/Apr2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=163389014&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 163389014 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15459624 V1L jtl: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene issn: 15459624 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Mar/Apr2023 vid: 20 iid: 3/4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 163389014 161552037 163389014 163389014 10.1080/15459624.2023.2173365 163389014 ppf: 143 ppct: 16 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Accuracy of professional judgments for dermal exposure assessment using deterministic models. aug: au: Sahmel, Jennifer Arnold, Susan F. Ramachandran, Gurumurthy affil: Insight Exposure & Risk Sciences, Boulder, Colorado sug: subj: Judgment Evaluation Occupational Exposure Skin Models, Theoretical Education, Continuing (Credit) Human United States Volunteer Workers Occupational Health Services Seminars and Workshops Inhalation Exposure ab: The accuracy of exposure judgments, particularly for scenarios where only qualitative information is available or a systematic approach is not used, has been evaluated and shown to have a relatively low level of accuracy. This is particularly true for dermal exposures, where less information is generally available compared to inhalation exposures. Relatively few quantitative validation efforts have been performed for scenarios where dermal exposures are of interest. In this study, a series of dermal exposure judgments were collected from 90 volunteer U.S. occupational health practitioners in a workshop format to assess the accuracy of their judgments for three specific scenarios. Accuracy was defined as the ability of the participants to identify the correct reference exposure category, as defined by the quantitative exposure banding categories utilized by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA®). The participants received progressively additional information and training regarding dermal exposure assessments and scenario-specific information during the workshop, and the relative accuracy of their category judgments over time was compared. The results of the study indicated that despite substantial education and training in exposure assessment generally, the practitioners had very little experience in performing dermal exposure assessments and a low level of comfort in performing these assessments. Further, contrary to studies of practitioners performing inhalation exposure assessments demonstrating a trend toward underestimating exposures, participants in this study consistently overestimated the potential for dermal exposure without quantitative data specific to the scenario of interest. Finally, it was found that participants were able to identify the reference or "true" category of dermal exposure acceptability when provided with relevant, scenario-specific dermal and/or surface-loading data for use in the assessment process. These results support the need for additional training and education of practitioners in performing dermal exposure assessments. A closer analysis of default loading values used in dermal exposure assessments to evaluate their accuracy relative to real-world or measured dermal loading values, along with consistent improvements in current dermal models, is also needed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: CEU pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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