Evaluation of Tier 1 Exposure Assessment Models under REACH (eteam) Project – Substudy Report on User-Friendliness of Tier 1 Exposure Assessment Tools under REACH

Work Package I.6 of the eteam project was developed to evaluate operational aspects of the usability and fitness for purpose of each of the first tier exposure assessment tools included in the project. A series of telephone interviews were carried out with experienced users for each of the tools. Data from the interviews were collated and a thematic analysis carried out to identify and examine common themes. This was followed up by the development of an online questionnaire survey of a much larger tool-user population, which was based on the initial questions used in the telephone interviews with appropriate modifications to facilitate web-based completion. Data were collected online, analysed using the MINITAB statistical software package and collated into a full report. In total, 11 telephone interviews were carried out with experienced users of the tools. The interviewees were based in several EU countries and were involved in consultancy, REACH management, REACH regulations, occupational medicine, occupational hygiene and toxicology.