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  • EN 689:2018

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    Workplace exposure - Measurement of exposure by inhalation to chemical agents - Strategy for testing compliance with occupational exposure limit values

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    Superseded date:  17-04-2019

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    Published date:  09-05-2018

    Publisher:  Comite Europeen de Normalisation

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    European foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions and abbreviations
    4 General
    5 Occupational exposure assessment
    6 Report
    7 Periodic reassessment
    Annex A (informative) - Assessment of exposure
    Annex B (informative) - Occupational exposure limit
            values for compliance testing
    Annex C (informative) - Simultaneous workplace exposure
            to several chemical agents
    Annex D (informative) - Exposure profile and sampling
            duration
    Annex E (informative) - Check of exposure measurements
            distribution, and identification of exceptional
            exposure within the SEG
    Annex F (informative) - Testing compliance with OELVs
    Annex G (informative) - Exposure calculation with a
            work shift longer than 8h
    Annex H (informative) - Exposure below the limit
            of quantification
    Annex I (informative) - Interval for periodic measurements
    Bibliography

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    This European Standard specifies a strategy to perform representative measurements of exposure by inhalation to chemical agents in order to demonstrate the compliance with occupational exposure limit values (OELVs).This European Standard is not applicable to OELVs with reference periods less than 15 min.

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    Committee CEN/TC 137
    Development Note Supersedes PREN 689. (05/2018)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Comite Europeen de Normalisation
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    EN 13936:2014 Workplace exposure - Procedures for measuring a chemical agent present as a mixture of airborne particles and vapour - Requirements and test methods
    EN 838:2010 Workplace exposure - Procedures for measuring gases and vapours using diffusive samplers - Requirements and test methods
    EN 481:1993 Workplace atmospheres - Size fraction definitions for measurement of airborne particles
    EN 1076:2009 Workplace exposure - Procedures for measuring gases and vapours using pumped samplers - Requirements and test methods
    EN 482:2012+A1:2015 Workplace exposure - General requirements for the performance of procedures for the measurement of chemical agents
    EN 13890:2009 Workplace exposure - Procedures for measuring metals and metalloids in airborne particles - Requirements and test methods
    EN 13205-1:2014 Workplace exposure - Assessment of sampler performance for measurement of airborne particle concentrations - Part 1: General requirements
    ISO 5479:1997 Statistical interpretation of data — Tests for departure from the normal distribution
    EN 1540:2011 Workplace exposure - Terminology
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