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HESA - Occupational Allergy
- Development, refinement and execution of animal models and laboratory techniques to screen for irritation and sensitization potential
- Training & qualification of contract lab personnel in the use of these methods
- Monitoring contract laboratory studies for quality assurance
- Assessment of occupational health risk for allergy and asthma
- Predictive tools for setting occupational exposure guidelines
- Clinical testing for occupational allergy and asthma
- Monitoring employees’ health
- Documentation for long term safety support
Examples:
- Training and qualification of third-party contract laboratory to conduct ELISA assays on packing plant air samples
- Development of animal model for evaluating the relative allergenic potential of enzymes, for the purpose of setting occupational exposure limits
- Development of animal model for evaluating the systemic effects of new airborne materials