The biomonitoring information system 'Biomonitoring-Auskunftssystem' of the BAuA in 2015

(in German)

In occupational medicine the interpretation of biological monitoring results requires the knowledge of substance-specific guidance or limit values in force. Such values are adopted and published (i) by various expert committees and institutionsmostly on an irregular basis, (ii) in a variety of different publications. Therefore the collation and the review of available values pose a serious challenge to users of biological monitoring The biomonitoring information system "Biomonitoring-Auskunftssystem" of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) is a freely accessible online database, www.baua.de/biomonitoring (language: German). Its use facilitates the search for guidance or limit values and other substance-specific information by searching simultaneously for information across various sources of different expert committees and institutions. The information systemis constantly updated and expanded with new data. For example, the following data were added to the system in 2014/2015: The equivalence values for acceptable and tolerable concentrations of carcinogenic hazardous substances published in the Technical Rule for Hazardous Substances 910 (TRGS 910) by the German Committee on Hazardous Substances (AGS) and Biological Monitoring Guidance Values (BMGVs) of the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). A summarized overview on the last update of the information system and available data sources can be accessed via the link to the new section "Aktualität und Datenquellen" that is provided on the cover page of the system. The consistent linking of the data sources allows the use of this webpage as a subject-specific library of web links.

This article is published in the Journal "Zentralblatt für Arbeitsmedizin, Arbeitsschutz und Ergonomie" (2016).

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Bibliographic information

Title:  Biomonitoring-Auskunftssystem der BAuA 2015. 

Written by:  C.-E. Ziener, M. Berger

in: Zentralblatt für Arbeitsmedizin, Arbeitsschutz und Ergonomie, Volume 66, Issue 5, 2016.  pages: 254-257, DOI: 10.1007/s40664-016-0121-9