A9: Controlling Risks in Historic Apothecary and Medicinal Collections
Mon, 5/19: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
00266
Education Session
00266
Education Session
Kansas City Convention Center
Room: 3501 D
CM Credit Hours: 1
Description
Apothecary, pharmaceutical, and medical collections can be found in museums, historic houses, academic collections, private industry, government, and research institutions. Shelburne Museum in Vermont houses over 9000 objects from the 18th-early 20th century, containing narcotics, intoxicants, radioactive materials, explosives, heavy metals, and other toxins. The museum was concerned about worker and visitor exposure. To implement a management plan, the institution sought a better understanding of the collections' hazards, conditions, and overall risk. This session will discuss: 1) information from inhalation and dermal exposure assessments; 2) inventory and collection storage scenarios encountered; 3) disposal considerations; and 4) measures taken to reduce the exposure risk to staff and visitors. Learning objectives will highlight the diversity of occupational hazards and the unknowns encountered in historic collections. Detailing a process to prioritize collection hazards and risks will help industrial hygienists and other OEHS professionals, support the museum and cultural heritage community.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion, the participant will be able to:
• Identify hazards confronted by the collection care workforce.
• Collect exposure results through inhalation and dermal exposure assessments.
• Assess safety hazards and exposure risks.
• Organize and rank a large number of objects within a collection.
• Demonstrate how safety and exposure risk are integrated into hazard hierarchies.
• Manage environmental regulations affecting management and disposal considerations.
• Utilize available resources to support museum and cultural heritage sites.
• Communicate with museum professionals to establish priorities and goals.
• Identify hazards confronted by the collection care workforce.
• Collect exposure results through inhalation and dermal exposure assessments.
• Assess safety hazards and exposure risks.
• Organize and rank a large number of objects within a collection.
• Demonstrate how safety and exposure risk are integrated into hazard hierarchies.
• Manage environmental regulations affecting management and disposal considerations.
• Utilize available resources to support museum and cultural heritage sites.
• Communicate with museum professionals to establish priorities and goals.
Content Level
Intermediate
Interactive Session Experience
Q&A
Organizational Category
Consulting
Primary Industry
Healthcare/Pharma
Services
Topics
Available as part of AIHA Connect OnDemand
Hazard Recognition/Exposure Assessment
Risk Assessment and Management
Safety