American Industrial Hygiene Association

APPLICATION BY THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION (AIHA) FOR IMPROVING CLINICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES THROUGH NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO PREVENT AND CONTROL EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING INFECT - AIHA WILL HELP PREVENT AND CONTROL THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 BY ENGAGING WITH FRONTLINE WORKERS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL. OUR TARGET AUDIENCES WILL BE FIRST RESPONDERS, PERSONNEL WHO WORK IN PRE-KINDERGARTEN, ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROFESSIONALS. WORKERS IN THESE INDUSTRIES ARE ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ARE THUS AT AN INCREASED RISK OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO COVID-19. THESE PROFESSIONALS ARE ALSO KEY PLAYERS IN REDUCING THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE TO OTHER WORKERS, PATIENTS, AND THE PUBLIC.TO SERVE OUR TARGET AUDIENCE?S NEEDS AND THE GOVERNMENT?S INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL GOALS, AIHA WOULD CONDUCT EIGHT PROJECTS (IDENTIFIED IN THE PROJECT NARRATIVE AS PROJECTS A ? H). THESE PROJECTS WOULD INVOLVE DEVELOPING, DISSEMINATING AND ENCOURAGING THE ADOPTION OF PROMISING AND BEST PRACTICES; DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING TARGETED TRAINING (VIA E-LEARNING, VIDEO, ETC.); AND CREATING AND EXPANDING LIVING LEARNING NETWORKS TO RAPIDLY SHARE BEST PRACTICES, WHICH WILL ALSO INFORM THE UPDATING OF EXISTING AND CREATION OF NEW INFECTION CONTROL AND PREVENTION MATERIALS.IN CARRYING OUT THESE PROJECTS, AIHA INTENDS TO COLLABORATE WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19 AND THE NEEDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS, PERSONNEL WHO WORK IN PRE-KINDERGARTEN, KINDERGARTEN, ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY SCHOOL, AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PROFESSIONALS.AIHA HAS A MORE THAN 80 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WORKERS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES AND HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF EFFORTS TO PREVENT AND CONTROL THE SPREAD OF COVID-19. OUR PRODUCTS ARE TRUSTED AND WIDELY USED, AS EVIDENCED BY OUR BACK TO WORK SAFELY GUIDELINES, WHICH HAVE BEEN DOWNLOADED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION TIMES TO-DATE AND DISCUSSED BY KEY WHITE HOUSE LEADERS. IF AWARDED A CONTRACT, AIHA IS CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE GOVERNMENT?S INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL GOALS.