What is BS EN 17058 about?
BS EN 17058 is an international standard that discusses workplace exposure and measures associated with workplace safety.
BS EN 17058 provides guidelines to assess workplace exposure by inhalation of nanoobjects and their aggregates and agglomerates (NOAA). It contains guidance on the sampling and measurement strategies to adopt and methods for data evaluation.
While BS EN 17058 focuses on the assessment of nano-objects, the approach is also applicable for exposure to the associated aggregates and agglomerates, that is NOAA, and particles released from nanocomposites and nano-enabled products.
Who is BS EN 17058 for?
BS EN 17058 on workplace exposure assessment of nano-objects is useful for:
- Manufacturers of nanomaterials
- Testing laboratories
- Human resources executives
- Occupational hygienist
- Health and safety personnel
- Other executives responsible for health and safety of employees
Why should you use BS EN 17058?
The rapidly advancing field of nanotechnologies and concern on its potential impact on occupational health and safety has initiated efforts by standardization bodies to provide guidance on how health and safety issues can be appropriately addressed.
BS EN 17058 focuses on the assessment of occupational exposure by inhalation of nanoobjects and their aggregates and agglomerates (NOAA). It serves the objectives of an exposure assessment that can vary widely and include exposure exploration and determination, evaluation of the effectiveness of exposure control measures. This helps you for checking the compliance with any occupational exposure limit or other benchmark levels and contributing to risk assessment and epidemiological studies.
BS EN 17058 concerns the elements of exposure assessment and provides guidance for various applications. It provides guidance on the use of commonly used devices for the detection of nano-sized and submicron-sized aerosols using different metrics in the workplace air.