On the 11th  and 12th of  December 2012 the Polish Association of Industrial Hygienists planned a symposium connected with assessment of exposure to biological and chemical agents, as well as dusts. Among the discussed issues there will also be these concerning the latest legislative changes.



Symposium Programme

December 11, 2012 (Tuesday)

9:30 – 10:00 - participants registration
10:00 – 10:10 - opening of the symposium
prof. S. Czerczak (President of the Polish Association of Occupational Hygienists)
10:10 – 11:25 - Measurement of concentrations of chemical agents in the environment of work
J. Gromiec, PhD (president of Łódź branch of the Polish Association of Occupational Hygienists)
11:25 – 11:45 - coffee break
11:45 – 12:30 - Criteria for assessment of occupational exposure to PAHs – changes proposals
S. Brzeźnicki, PhD  (Department of Chemical Safety, NIOM, Łódź)
12:30 – 13:15 -  The use of GCMS (gas chromatography – mass spectrometry) for monitoring of the environment of work of medical personnel.
W. Wesołowski, PhD (Department of Chemical Safety, NIOM, Łódź)
13:15 – 14:15 -  lunch
14:15 – 14:45 - Should we be afraid of nanomaterials?
prof. K. Rydzyński (Director of NIOM, Łódź)
14:45 – 15:30 - Assessment of exposure to nanoparticles and their admissible values in the environment of work
A. Świdwińska-Gajewska, MA (Department of Chemical Safety, NIOM, Łódź)
15:30 – 15:45 - coffee break
15:45 – 16:15 -  Determination of the value of MAC in European Union (SCOEL) – current trends
J. Skowroń, PhD (Secretary of the Interdepartmental Commission for MAC and MAI, Central Institute for Labour Protection, Warsaw;  member of SCOEL)
16:15 – 17:00 - The problems of assessment of occupational risk of exposure to biological agents.
prof. I. Szadkowska-Stańczyk (Departent of Environmental Health Hazards, NIOM, Łódź)
17:00 – 18:00  - Get Together meeting
18:00 - meeting of the Board of the Polish Association of Occupational Hygienists

December 12, 2012 (Wednesday)

8:30 – 9:15 - Shale gas – hygiene problem
D. Pakulska, PhD (Department of Chemical Safety, NIOM, Łódź)
9:15 – 10.00 - Knowledge management in the hygiene of work.
J. Przyłuska, PhD (Department of Knowledge Management, NIOM, Łódź)
10:00 – 10:30 - coffee break
10:30 – 11:15 - Validation of non-measuring model of exposure assessment
M. Kupczewska-Dobecka, MSc (Department of Chemical Safety, NIOM, Łódź)
11:15 – 12:00 - Carcinogenic or mutagenic agents in the environment of work in the light of the directive of the Minister of Health
K. Konieczko, MSc (Department of Chemical Safety, NIOM, Łódź)
12:00 – 12:45 - Computer programme for gathering data for the Central Register of Carcinogenic or Mutagenic Agents.
G. Krzychowicz, MSc (IT team, NIOM, Łódź)
12:45 – 13:30 - How to manage the quality of measurements of chemical agents in the environment of work and to fulfill accreditation requirements.
M. Dobecki, PhD (plenipotentiary of the Director of Quality, NIOM, Łódź)
13:30 - lunch

Human Resources Strategy for Researchers

Asbestos

Quality policy in laboratories

Central Register of Occupational Diseases