0 0 1 884 5041 Affygility Solutions 42 11 5914 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} BioPharma EHS Podcast Episode No. 15 - Thursday, April 21, 2011. We have a lot of great things to talk about.  But before I tell you what were going to discuss I should mention that the twitter hashtag for today’s podcast is #biopharma15.  For those of you that don’t know how to use Twitter and believe it’s useless, you should really try it out.  OSHA, the EPA, NIOSH and many other agencies and organizations are using twitter. I will put a link to how to use hashtags in the shownotes:   http://mashable.com/2009/05/17/twitter-hashtags/   O.k., so what are we going to discuss in today’s podcast. In today’s podcast, we’re going to talk about the following topics.    First, I’ll briefly cover what we talked about last time in episode number 14   Then, we will answer some of listener questions that where sent in, which will lead us into our main topic for today, which is Control Banding – how many bands is enough?   And finally, I’ll then discuss upcoming events and happenings of importance to environmental, health and safety professionals in the BioPharma Industry.   So, let’s go ahead get started.  Last time in Episode 14 we discussed the topic of “Young Guns of Environmental, Health and Safety.”  Which was mainly about the younger generation of environmental, health and safety professionals that are entering the workforce. It that episode we discussed some of their priorities, communication styles, and technology interests.  The audio and video portion of this presentation is available online and I will put a link to the presentation in the shownotes.   Questions on peptides and protein therapeutics.   Questions on skin absorption and molecular skin, and the maximum amount of skin absorption.   We have another question regarding control banding.   In some cases, we have MSDS’s that list an acceptable occupational exposure limit (or similar terminology).  Is it reasonable for us to translate those numbers directly into the control band categories?  For example, if I have an MSDS that lists a TWA exposure limit of 5 ug/m3.  On a four band system I have that category 3 means OELs ranging from 30 ng/m3 to 10 ug/m3.  So is that a reasonable justification for us to communicate that the compound is Category 3 (per the information in this MSDS)?  Without repeating the risk assessment of all the factors that go into it (and having someone sufficiently trained on how to put them together.)   Thank you Corinne for the question.  A couple of comments here.  The first comment is that you should remember that placement of a compound into a control band category should be based on a whole picture approach