Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-075-2122: University of Utah Medical Center; Salt Lake City, Utah

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• Personal Author:
  McCammon, Charles S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Department of Public Safety of the University of Utah, an evaluation was undertaken of possible hazardous conditions at the University Medical Center (SIC-8062), in Salt Lake City. The two buildings of concern were the School of Medicine and the University of Utah Hospital. In the former, concern centered around the Ophthalmology Center where employees complained about sneezing and stuffy noses plus a lack of air movement. The heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems in all areas were found to be well maintained and functioning as designed. The carbon-monoxide (630080) (CO) levels did not exceed 5 parts per million. A bulk air sample revealed no unusual organic compounds, with the total organic concentration being less than 1.0mg/m3. The author concludes that no airborne contaminant was identified which would constitute a health hazard
  
  however, upper respiratory symptoms were reported by a high percentage of workers. The author recommends specific measures to be taken to help alleviate some of these complaints.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Health Personnel Hospitals Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  General Medical And Surgical Hospitals Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-care-personnel HETA-91-075-2122 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Air Pollution Indoor Air Quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 8 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/NIOSHHETA910752122
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Utah ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  24 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00200820
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-108471
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 91-075-2122, 1991 Jun ; :1-26
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Editor(s):
  DiGiacomo, Marile F.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• 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:c48f4041d50bf513c9e4daf993be9b1485f6b19cd96305c20e80ec7a33989b86f0c95bbe3c5671e638fcecdb9963a14e50253c32a1d12c1e6cfd3a6cd2c8bb35
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171659/cdc_171659_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 183.17 KB ]