Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 97–0010–2730: Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center, Christiansted, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands

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• Personal Author:
  Esswein, Eric J. ; Kawamoto, Melody M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In October 1996, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the Chief Executive Officer at the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center for a health hazard evaluation (HHE). The request asked for NIOSH's assistance in investigating employee concerns about adverse health effects possibly related to mold exposures at the hospital. The health concerns included eye irritation, itchy skin, nausea, and respiratory problems. During November 20-22, 1996, a NIOSH industrial hygienist and medical officer visited the facility and performed a walk-through inspection of the hospital.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Eye Fungi Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Hospitals Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Sense Organs Sense Organs / Injuries Skin Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Aspergillus Eye Irritants General Medical And Surgical Hospitals Hazard-Confirmed Health Effects Hospitals Indoor-air-quality Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environmental Quality Medical Facilities Moisture-generation Mold Molds Mycotoxins OSHA Region 2 Respiratory Irritants Skin Irritants Stachybotrys

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9700102730
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  U.S. Virgin Islands ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  33 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Blythe, Ellen E. ; Woody, Joyce
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000519
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2000-100205
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 97-0010-2730, 1999 Mar ; :1-27
• Editor(s):
  Arthur, Penny
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8062 - General medical & surgical hospitals - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f94310b4902ea3510546c91d4e0d0ac560b9df9474abd0017090756b9ee93889eca15359eeb93b1f58c3e9aaa6a654365e745f219864a45722aaf8065b262cf8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171023/cdc_171023_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 272.78 KB ]