These come under the heading of life safety and mission-critical considerations. By James R. MacNeal Oct 01, 2006 THERE is no better way to ruin a perfectly good day than to make a mistake in the use of your air monitoring instrumentation. Industrial hygienists; military, industrial and public-sector hazmat teams; fire departments; and safety personnel from all sectors routinely make decisions ...

Introduction: Hazardous materials (HazMat) training is not a requirement for accreditation of US Emergency Medicine (EM) residencies, nor EM board certification by the American Board (ABEM). However, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires hospitals train all personnel expected to deal with contaminated patients. This QI project aimed develop an physician-specific HazMat c...