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JANUARY 2024
Special insert: State of the art vs. practice survey highlights
Sensor technologies for dust in the workplace. A call to action for coordinating sensor technology efforts worldwide.
State of the art vs. state of the practice. A first-of-its-kind survey indicates areas where OEHS professionals must close the gap between standard practice and best-in-class performance.
Update on exoskeletons. New standards and research have fueled improvements in the ways that exoskeletons are used to help workers complete tasks.
FEBRUARY 2024
OSHA's top 10 most-cited standards. Every year the National Safety Council publishes a list of the ten most-cited OSHA standards, and the list almost never changes. Why is that?
Responding to water intrusion in a research environment.
How to provide better mental health services.
MARCH 2024
Special insert: AIHA's annual report
Updating the Peter Sandman outrage model. Rethinking Sandman's famous observation that "risk equals hazard times outrage."
DEI and OEHS. What diversity, equity, and inclusion mean to current practitioners.
The IH field sampling kit. What every OEHS professional should bring when they go into the field.
APRIL 2024
Space reservations: Feb. 9; art due: Feb. 16
Managing silica exposures. The story of the Silica Control Tool, an initiative for construction employers in British Columbia.
The OEHS challenges of wildland firefighting.
How to navigate OSHA recordkeeping and workers' compensation, part 1.
MAY 2024
Space reservations: March 15; art due: March 22
Bonus distribution: AIHA Connect
Heat stress: what OEHS professionals need to know. Matching OEHS professionals' needs with the TLV documentation.
Hazards in rare earth mining.
Health and safety issues for handling repatriated museum objects.
JUNE/JULY 2024
Space reservations: April 12; art due: April 19
Benefits of IH data standardization. This article provides an update on efforts first reported in the Dec. 2020 Synergist. Standardized IH data are less prone to error, more consistent, and create opportunities for identifying exposure patterns that may lead to improvements in occupational safety and health.
Infectious disease beyond COVID. How has the pandemic changed our understanding of infectious diseases?
The OEHS challenges of a warming world.
Special section: AIHA's heat stress app.
AUGUST 2024 - The Labs Issue
Space reservations: June 14; art due: June 21
Bonus distribution: AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Programs participants
50 years of AIHA LAP. Evaluating the evolution of AIHA Laboratory Accreditation Programs LLC on its 50th anniversary.
Lab method development and validation.
Special section: Looking back on AIHA Connect 2024.
SEPTEMBER 2024
Space reservations: July 12; art due: July 19
Special insert: Environmental scan for AIHA education
How to navigate OSHA recordkeeping and workers' compensation, part 2.
PPE for women. How to select appropriate vendors and implement an inclusive protective clothing program.
OCTOBER 2024
Space reservations: Aug. 12; art due: Aug. 19
PPE hazard assessments. Introducing a new tool that can help OEHS professionals perform risk assessments for personal protective clothing.
What OEHS practitioners need to know about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Using AI and images in OEHS.
NOVEMBER 2024
Space reservations: Sept. 13; art due: Sept. 20
Protecting against simple asphyxiants. Best practices for lab and R&D environments.
Technology use, fatigue, and burnout.
OEHS professionals with disabilities.
DECEMBER 2024
Space reservations: Oct. 11; art due: Oct. 18
Topics TBD
The OEHS impacts of long COVID.