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The Section Exposure Monitoring and Exposure-effect Relationships of the Department Exposure and Risk Assessment maintains the IFA's MEGA exposure database and interprets its data. The MEGA unit provides and maintains the GESTIS Stoffenmanager® online tool and develops it further. The Epidemiology unit studies correlations between occupational and non-occupational factors and their possible effects on workers’ health. Chemical and physical exposures are among the factors taken into account. The aim is to gain insights for regulatory and in-company preventive activity and to formulate suitable measures. The Statistics unit provides support for statistical tasks throughout the IFA.
The primary activities of the section are:
The MEGA group is responsible for the IFA’s MEGA exposure database (measurement data on exposure to hazardous substances in the workplace) and the GESTIS-Stoffenmanager®.
MEGA documents the data gained from measurements of hazardous substances and biological agents conducted in the MGU, and evaluates these data with the aid of the MEGAPro evaluation software developed by the IFA. On behalf of the German Social Accident Insurance Institutions, the results of these evaluations of data on exposure to hazardous substances and biological agents are made available in the form of publications for the purposes of:
The group is involved in assuring the quality of the documented data and in continuous ongoing development of the documentation of relevant constraints in the MGU. In this context, it appoints representatives to committees of the DGUV and the individual German Social Accident Insurance Institutions. It is particularly involved in the planning of measurement campaigns to ensure that evaluation is adapted to the specific problem. The accident insurance institutions are trained in use of the MEGAPro evaluation software, with which they can evaluate their own specific data.
The GESTIS Stoffenmanager® supports companies and the German Social Accident Insurance Institutions during risk assessments of activities involving hazardous substances.
Source: Michel Hüter - DGUV
Not all forms of hazardous substance exposure can be quantified by measurement. In conjunction with Cosanta BV, a company in the Netherlands, the section provides the GESTIS-Stoffenmanager®, a web-based software application for the quantitative non-metrological estimation of inhalation exposure.
MEGA
Lists of publications, by substance and sector
GESTIS Stoffenmanager
List of publications at gestis.stoffenmanager.com
