Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 97-0062-2662: New Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska

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• Personal Author:
  Daniels, William J. ; Lee, Stephen A. ; McCammon, Charles S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Safety and Health Manager, a survey was conducted at the New Alaska Native Medical Center (SIC- 8062), Anchorage, Alaska, shortly after the hospital opened. Concern was expressed regarding the monitoring for ethylene-oxide (75218) (ETO), waste anesthetic gases in the operating room suites, cold sterilants, dark room chemicals, laboratory chemicals used in pathology, and nitrous-oxide (10024972) used in dental operations. Exposures to glutaraldehyde (111308), acetic-acid (64197), hydroquinone (123319), ethylene-oxide (75218), formaldehyde (50000), xylene (1330207), and volatile organic compounds were all well below any evaluation criteria. Only three of 50 samples for wastes anesthetics in the Operating Room Suites were above the NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limits of 25 parts per million for nitrous- oxide and 2 parts per million for halogenated anesthetics per procedure. The three elevated samples were all associated with pediatric dental rehabilitation cases where sevoflurane (28523-86-6) was used. The author concludes that chemical exposure in the new hospital were, in general, minimal. The author recommends the creation of a negative pressure in the dark room area of the X-ray processors
  
  a better storage system for tissue samples in formalin
  
  ventilation adjustments in the dental suites
  
  and drain trap filling on routine maintenance.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Acetamides Anesthesia Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Hospitals Laboratories Occupational Health Safety Solvents Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System Volatile Organic Compounds

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• Keywords:
  Acetic Acid Anesthetics Desflurane Ethylene Oxide General Medical And Surgical Hospitals Glutaraldehyde Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-care-personnel HETA-97-0062-2662 Hospitals Hydroquinone Isoflurane Laboratory-workers NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nitrous Oxide Organic-solvents Ormaldehyde OSHA Region 10 Sevoflurane Solvent-vapors Sterility Toxic-gases VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds Waste Anesthetic Gases

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9700622662
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• 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:
  25 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Lovell, Patricia
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00241059
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB98-137631
• 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 97-0062-2662, 1997 Oct ; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethylene oxide (CAS RN 75-21-8) ; Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2) ; Glutaraldehyde (CAS RN 111-30-8) ; Acetic acid (CAS RN 64-19-7) ; Hydroquinone (CAS RN 123-31-9) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Sevoflurane (CAS RN 28523-86-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• 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:de7d41de4326738ad809c1160a8e9f78e00dfd9c2e6185993479aad326a2e3c4f07d14feeea666faca57c04f521c77d9b1dc6093f3b8e6c4cd3569fc8f0bdf93
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171085/cdc_171085_DS1.pdf
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