The Evolution of the Occupational Hygiene Profession via Adoption of Technologies

The presentation aims to focus on the opportunity and responsibility of occupational hygiene to evolve to better protect the workers from several stressors and hazards. Two specific aspects of this evolution will be described. The first aspect is the adoption of a toolbox with different methodologies and technologies for each hazard, that hygienists can use for different objectives. The second aspect is the need for hygienists to interact with other professionals in the workplace: physicians, safety professionals, process engineers, and clearly workers.