Technical Publications
BOHS publishes technical publications, which may be developed in response to changes in legislation or demand from our members or the wider community. We also produce, or make available, a number of guidance sheets/leaflets/information covering specific aspects of occupational hygiene or aimed at particular industry sectors. Currently available publications are listed below, most are available free of charge.
| Technical Publications & Guidance |
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Information on application of COSHH to dusts not assigned Workplace Exposure Limits or hazard classifications.
The paper has been created from an outcome of work undertaken by the ‘Dust Working Group’, which was set up by Council following a letter from the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) asking BOHS to consider whether the trigger-values in COSHH for “dust of any kind” are adequate. It incorporates the outcomes from the discussions which took place during the two workshop sessions held at the BOHS Annual Conference in Cardiff in 2012 on ‘Health Effects from Exposure to Low Toxicity Dusts’. |
| Clear and concise report writing: guidance for occupational hygienists, published 2011 |
Sampling Strategy Guidance, published in 2011
'Testing Compliance with OELs for Airborne Substances', developed by a joint BOHS/NVvA (Dutch occupational hygiene society) working group. |
 Controlling Skin Exposure to Chemicals and Wet-Work by Rajadurai Sithamparanadarajah OBE, published 2008
This is a practical book on controlling skin exposure, which aims to provide practical help for health and safety professionals, and fills a gap in the workplace knowledge base on dermal exposure risk management issues. It is available to buy for £19.99 (with some discounts available for multiple copies), via RMS Publishing on-line or by downloading and posting/faxing the order form. It is also available from Amazon. |
| TG12 The Thermal Environment Addendum to the second editionby A Youle and K C Parsons, published 2009 |
| TG12 The Thermal Environment (second edition) by A Youle, K J Collins, G W Crockford, D S Fishman, A Mulhall, K C Parsons, published 1996 (Note: the Addendum must be read in conjunction with the second edition, it does not replace it.) |
| TG15 Direct Reading Devices for Airborne Chemical Contaminants by Paul Evans, Peter Walsh, Steve Lewis and Bob Old, 3rd editition published November 2012 |
| It's In Your Hands, published by HSE/BSIF |
| An Occupational Hygienists Guide to Biological Monitoring, by John Cocker, published 2009 |
| BOHS Health Services Technical Topic Group guidance notes |
Any previously published titles not listed here have been withdrawn.