Asbestos Fiber Counting [NIOSH 582] (1616): October 27-31, 2008

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COURSE OUTLINE & SYLLABUS

This is the NIOSH 582 course: “Sampling and Quantitating Airborne Asbestos Dust”.

The NIOSH 7400 method is detailed, including means for QA/QC procedures.

At the conclusion of the course, students are able to: properly calibrate and use the sampling equipment; align and calibrate the microscope and apply the NIOSH 7400 protocols; prepare samples for analysis; and apply the procedures for collection and quantitation of ambient dust samples.

Practical field-related problems are discussed.

There is no prerequisite.

Day 1:

  • Setting up the microscope
  • Illumination
  • Phase contrast microscopy
  • Micrometry
  • Graticles
  • Asbestos types
  • Particle morphology
  • Introduction to statistics

    Day 2:

  • Statistics, sampling and airflow calibration equipment
  • Asbestos sampling procedures
  • Universal gas laws
  • Sampling related mathematics
  • NOISH 7400 counting procedures
  • “A” counting rules
  • “B” counting rules
  • Pretest

    Day 3:

  • Slide counting
  • P & Cam 239 vs. NIOSH 7400
  • Slide counting and filter mounting
  • Statistics review
  • Pretest review

    Day 4:

  • Round-robin counting
  • Compliance testing
  • Sampling strategies
  • Pretest review
  • Practical field problems
  • Special methods
  • Introduction to asbestos bulk analysis

    Day 5:

  • Review
  • Final exam

    Note: This course runs Monday-Friday with class ending at noon on Friday.