NIOSH 582: Sampling and Evaluating Airborne Asbestos Dust

Dates: June 21-24, 2004
Fee: 4 days - $700
Location: UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Office of Public Health Practice
683 Hoes Lane West
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Course Director: Thomas A. Kubic, MS, JD
Benefits: This  four day course includes lectures, demonstrations and hands-on experience with microscopes and 'round robin' counting. Students completing the course will become familiar with sampling and evaluation equipment in order to collect and analyze dust samples with using professional techniques.

Students work in teams of two during hands-on microscope exercises.  The registration fee includes the shared use of a microscope for the duration of the course.  Students may bring their own microscopes.   The microscope will need a 40X phase contrast objective with condenser and a Walton-Beckett and graticule eye piece.

Students must earn a passing grade of 70% or better on the examination to receive a certificate of course completion.  The registration fee includes the following textbooks: Microscope Basics and Beyond and Contrast Methods in Microscopy Transmitted Lights.

Intended Audience: This course will be valuable to those directly responsible for sampling and evaluating asbestos dust, such as industrial hygienists and technicians, field sampling technicians, microscopists and laboratory technicians.
Course Topics:
  • Use of Collection and Evaluation Equipment
  • Health Effects of Asbestos Exposure
  • Sampling and Calibration Equipment
  • Statistical Sampling Strategies
  • Microscope Familiarization
  • Instrument Calibration and Statistical Comparisons
  • NIOSH 7400 Method/Counting Rules
  • Regulations
Other: CEUs: 2.8
CMs: 4.0

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UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Office of Public Health Practice
683 Hoes Lane West
Piscataway, NJ 08854
(732) 235-9450
(732) 235-9460 (fax)
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updated 10/13/2003