OXYL8 Professional Publications
Practical guidance. Evidence-based practice. Professional knowledge.
Supporting Duty Holders, engineers and occupational hygienists through practical guidance, technical publications and professional resources.
Introduction
OXYL8 Professional Publications develops authoritative guidance and technical resources to support good practice in Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV), occupational hygiene and exposure control.
Our publications combine practical engineering experience with current legislation, recognised guidance and evidence-based principles to help organisations specify, commission, operate and assure effective exposure control systems.
Publications are available as free downloads or printed editions where indicated.
Duty Holder Guide Series
The Duty Holder Guide Series provides practical guidance for those responsible for specifying, procuring, commissioning and managing LEV systems.
DHG-001
A Duty Holder’s Guide: LEV Assurance
The principal OXYL8 guide to LEV assurance, explaining the evidential chain,
adequate control, commissioning, ongoing verification and the responsibilities
of the Duty Holder.
DHG-002
Defensible LEV Commissioning
A governance framework for Duty Holders explaining why commissioning should
establish defensible evidence that an LEV system is capable of achieving its
intended control performance.
DHG-003
Commissioning vs TExT
An examination of the distinct but complementary roles of commissioning and
Thorough Examination and Test. Commissioning establishes capability; TExT
verifies ongoing condition.
TTP-001
OXYL8 TExT Toolkit
A comprehensive toolkit for LEV Thorough Examination and Test (TExT),
bringing together editable report templates, a partial enclosure supplement,
detailed user guidance and technical notes for modifying the embedded
Word/Excel templates. Designed to promote consistent, evidence-based TExT
reporting and support competent LEV practitioners.