Our annual Past-Presidents' Night meeting begins at 5:30 PM with acknowledgements, announcements, and local section business followed by a technical presentation by James Kapin, MPH, CIH, CSP. We'll provide an opportunity for open mic after the presentation.

How Clean is Clean? Evaluating Indoor Surface Contamination
EH&S professionals are frequently asked to measure indoor surface contamination in order to evaluate worker exposure, verify controls, or determine whether a structure is clean after use of hazardous materials however there is little regulatory guidance to determine how clean is clean. OSHA regulations require areas to be as “free as practicable” of removable contamination with limited guidance. Other methods are based on risk and exposure assessment assumptions that may not be applicable. This presentation will discuss several commonly used approaches for evaluating indoor contamination, evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, and provide EH&S professionals with the tools to select an appropriate method to evaluate surface contamination and to address the challenges associated with managing indoor surface contamination.

James Kapin, MPH, CIH, CSP is a Principal Industrial Hygiene Scientist at Tetra Tech and has over 25 years of experience providing health, safety and environmental compliance support to industrial, commercial, governmental and academic clients. His specialties include exposure assessment, EH&S program management, mold and indoor air quality, hazardous materials spill response as well as OSHA and environmental compliance.  Mr. Kapin is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified Safety Professional and earned a Master of Public Health degree with an emphasis in Occupational Health from SDSU.

We’ve designed the evening to have one cumulative hour of technical content (equivalent to 0.17 CM point for ABIH Diplomates). 

Zoom login information will be sent upon registration.

We hope to "see" you there!  Feel free to enjoy your favorite meal or beverage during the meeting.

The AIHA-NCS Executive Committee will meet via the same Zoom meeting from 4:30 to 5:30 pm to conduct local section business.  Interested parties are encouraged and welcome to attend.