Evaluation Of Portable Direct Reading Ozone Meters

A market survey was conducted to determine the availability of portable, direct-reading ozone (O3) meters with a range of 0.05 to 1 ppm of O3. Manufacturers of suitable meters were requested to submit a meter for an evaluation of its physical and performance characteristics. Characteristics measured include stability, drifts, linearity, response times, and specificity. Physical characteristics evaluated include portability, readout, instruction manuals, and ease of zero and span adjustments. As a result of these evaluations, optimum use techniques and performance and construction standards are recommended. Quality control standards for portable O3 meters are also recommended based upon the evaluation results and current industry practices.

Cumulative catalog of all National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) numbered publications, health hazard evaluations (HHE) and technical assistance (TA) reports, contract reports, and other educational and training materials.

Personnel monitoring is a term designating the determination of the inhaled dose of an airborne toxic material of an air-mediated hazardous physical force by the continuous collection of samples in the breathing or auditory zone, or auditory zone, or other appropriate exposed body area, over a finite period of exposure time. A personnel monitor is a self-powered device worn by monitored individual to collect a representative sample of laboratory analysis, or to provide accumulated dose of instantaneous warning of immediately hazardous conditions by visible or auditory means while being worn.