DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2009-133 2008 Direct-Reading
Exposure Assessment Methods (D.R.E.A.M.) Workshop Refined DRM
Research Priorities All of the breakout groups determined that
research should seek to develop new or refined technologies that
meet sector-specific DRM needs, and several addressed the
question of how to encourage product development for niche
markets. Other recurring themes emerged from the breakout group
reports: - Worker empowerment involves educating and training
users to better understand how specific DRMs work, what the DRMs
can and cannot do, and how to interpret the data from their
DRMs. - In nearly every setting, standards are needed to ensure
the accuracy of DRMs and to validate their performance. -
Efforts are needed to speed the transition from research to
real-world application of DRMs. The criteria for exposure must
be re-evaluated or defined in several sectors. Session 1: Gases
and Vapors - Pursue gas chromatography miniaturization, which
could be coupled with other detect