Past, Present, and Future of Gizmos and Gadgets: The History and Advancement off OEM and Industrial Hygiene Technologies

TRACK: OEM Clinical Practice

Karl Auerbach, MD, MS, MBA, FACOEM, Pulse Occupational Medicine, Greece, NY
Mark Boquet, MD, MPH, FACOEM, Dow Chemical Company, Plaquemine, LA
David L. DeRegis, MD, MPH, Ithaca, NY
Nelson S. Haas, MD, MPH, MA, FACOEM, Workplace Health, Augusta, ME
A. L. Jones, MD, MS, FACOEM, Urbana, IL
Heather O’Hara, MD, MPH, Meharry Medical School, Nashville, TN
Kenji Saito, MD, MPH, JD, Presque Isle, ME

This session will look at devices used in occupational medicine; past, present and future. While many such devices have usage in a variety of medical care, OEM has often adopted them as core to OEM practice. The session will look at some historical examples, some present-day examples that are well established and some that are cutting edge, and offer a view of the future of devices that may find value in OEM practice. Also to be discussed is the role of such devices in occupational medicine practice. This will not be a highly technical session regarding the devices but will focus on the utility for occupational medicine. The historical part of the presentation will be to give context. Current day devices in use will be presented to help understand the evolution of such equipment as well as to set the stage for a prime focus of the presentation; cutting edge tools and feasible future developments for application in the OEM setting. This session was organized by the Residents and Recent
Graduates Special Interest Section.