Survey of Occupational and Environmental Exposure Monitoring Solutions.

Autor: Horne KM; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 8283 Greensboro Drive, Hamilton Building, McLean, VA 22102., Nichols JE; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 8283 Greensboro Drive, Hamilton Building, McLean, VA 22102., Logsdon D; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 8283 Greensboro Drive, Hamilton Building, McLean, VA 22102., Phipps H; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 8283 Greensboro Drive, Hamilton Building, McLean, VA 22102., Sanders S; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 8283 Greensboro Drive, Hamilton Building, McLean, VA 22102., Wojtyniak M; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 8283 Greensboro Drive, Hamilton Building, McLean, VA 22102., McKnight LTCJ; Military Operational Medicine Research Program, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, 810 Schreider Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-500., Vigneulle R; Military Operational Medicine Research Program, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, 810 Schreider Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-500., Jackson D; Center for Environmental Health Research, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, 810 Schreider Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-500 This work was presented as an oral talk at the 2018 Military Health System Research Symposium, August 2018, Kissimmee, FL; abstract # MHSRS-18-1678. The Index for Occupational and Environmental Exposure Monitors tool was presented as a poster at the 2018 Military Health System Research Symposium, August 2018, Kissimmee, FL; abstract # MHSRS-18-2225. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policy of the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army, or Booz Allen Hamilton., Elliott J; Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 8283 Greensboro Drive, Hamilton Building, McLean, VA 22102.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Military medicine [Mil Med] 2020 Jan 07; Vol. 185 (Suppl 1), pp. 396-403.
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usz219
Abstrakt: Introduction: Service members are exposed to ambient airborne pollutants that have been linked to adverse health effects; however, capabilities to identify and characterize exposures across multi-domain operations are currently lacking. Occupational and environmental exposure monitoring is problematic because there is not a single simple solution, and current technological limitations suggest that simultaneous deployment of multiple devices may be the most effective near-term strategy.
Materials and Methods: A broad industry scan of wearable, handheld, or portable occupational and environmental exposure monitoring devices was conducted, and subject matter experts were interviewed about the state of the field.
Results: This survey identified limitations including the inability to detect multiple analytes or analyte classes, size and weight, and detection limits, but multiple implementation strategies could be employed to meet a variety of combat needs. Device types could be layered, or specific device types could be deployed in acute toxic exposure environments such as dense urban population centers or subterranean spaces.
Conclusions: Evolving technologies and data management strategies may advance personal exposure monitoring in the future. These new devices and methods will likely supplant current technologies, while still using the programmatic and data framework established with early implementation of current commercial off the shelf devices.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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