Enterprise HealthAIHAAmerican Industrial Hygiene Association
The leading professional society for industrial hygiene, which sets consensus standards and best practices for anticipating and controlling workplace exposures.
Key facts
- The leading U.S. professional society for industrial hygiene.
- Publishes consensus exposure-assessment standards and best practices.
- Runs laboratory-accreditation programs for industrial-hygiene labs.
What it means
AIHA publishes consensus standards, exposure-assessment strategies and laboratory-accreditation programs that shape how industrial hygienists sample air, noise and chemicals and design controls. Its guidance underpins the monitoring plans that decide who enters medical surveillance and how often — the same exposure-to-health link an occupational-health system has to keep intact.
Frequently asked
What's the difference between AIHA and OSHA?
AIHA is a professional society that develops voluntary consensus standards and accredits labs; OSHA is the federal regulator that sets and enforces legal limits. Industrial hygienists use AIHA guidance to design monitoring that often goes beyond OSHA minimums.
How does AIHA relate to medical surveillance?
AIHA's exposure-assessment strategies determine who is exposed and how much — which in turn decides who enters medical surveillance and how often. The monitoring plan and the medical record have to stay linked.
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