FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is an OEB 5 compound?
- The exposure limit that I see on a safety data sheet (SDS) is significantly higher than the OEL established by your company. Why the difference?
- Are engineering controls and handling practices included in the OEL Fastrac monographs?
- We need an OEL/ADE for a proprietary compound that will never be listed in your catalog. Can Affygility Solutions prepare one?
- How are uncertainty factors selected
- Why is the acceptable daily dose significantly less than the therapeutic dose?
- Does the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Medicines Agency, and other regulatory agencies accept OEL Fastrac monographs with ADEs?
- Can an OEL from an OEL Fastrac document be used in enforcement action against my company?
- Can we provide an acceptable daily exposure (ADE) value for any compound?
- I want to handle a hormonal compound at my facility. Can I do it?
- Do OEL Fastrac monographs contain the acceptable surface limit?
- Is there a default "maximum" value for an acceptable daily exposure (ADE) or permitted daily exposure (PDE) value?
- Can you provide regulatory approvals/certification/authorization, etc., (if any) of your testing laboratories to perform the studies (i.e., OEL/ADE)?
- Is there a free OEL/ADE database out on the internet?
- Why can't I get the OEL or ADE for free?
- I need a safety data sheet for my product
- By listing the industrial hygiene method information, does that mean that Affygility Solutions developed that method and can do the industrial hygiene monitoring on site at our facility?
- I need to order multiple OEL Fastrac monographs with ADEs, can I get a discount?
- I've noticed that in the literature that the therapeutic dose is lower than what you have indicated on the monograph. Why the difference?
- Is there any relationship between the NFPA or HMIS rating and the potent compound safety rating?