Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 96-0207-2635: Santa Fe Indian Hospital, Santa Fe, New Mexico

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• Personal Author:
  Malkin, Robert ; McCammon, Charles S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Santa Fe Service Unit Director of the Indian Health Service, an investigation was begun into environmental air quality at the Santa Fe Indian Hospital (SIC- 8062), Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Hospital was an 82,000 square foot facility employing 230 staff. The entire main hospital was evaluated. Concern had been expressed over symptoms reported by employees, predominately nurses, including headache, nasal congestion, cough, sneezing, irritated eyes, and fatigue. The walk-through tour revealed many modifications made to the interior of the hospital, but the ventilation system was not updated. The modifications resulted in areas with inadequate air distribution. Measurements of carbon-dioxide (124389) remained in the 300 to 575 parts per million (ppm) range and were within guidelines. Temperatures were above the maximal limits. Interviews were conducted with 107 workers and questionnaires were returned by 103. The most commonly reported symptoms on the questionnaires included dry, itching, or irritated eyes (32%), tired or strained eyes (28%), and dry throat (18%). Forty-four respondents reported having one or more symptoms one or more days a week in the preceding 4 weeks. The authors conclude that, while no specific source of the problems was identified, ventilation deficiencies were noted which should be improved.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  General Medical Hospital Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-care-personnel HETA-96-0207-2635 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environmental Quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 6 Ventilation Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9602072635
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Bachman, Rachel ; Mitchell, Kathleen
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00238622
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB98-106198
• 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 96-0207-2635, 1997 Apr ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• 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-512:1a616c9748a5d4dc55d919f5963d860f311a7aaeef8897578e6cfadf7d63d167060ea7aa6310b54bc90c9212d08c5e05d201894ff448b48bcfd56929159b66b6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171107/cdc_171107_DS1.pdf
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