Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-88-287-1942: Saint Mary-Corwin Hospital; Pueblo, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Daniels, William J. ; Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from Saint Mary-Corwin Hospital (SIC-8062) Pueblo, Colorado, an evaluation was made of possible hazardous working conditions. Concern centered around waste anesthetic gases and vapors in the main operating rooms, exposure to ethylene-oxide (75218) (EtO) from a gas sterilizer, and exposure to solvents used in the laboratory. Personal breathing zone samples were analyzed for nitrous oxide (10024972) (N2O), halogenated anesthetic agents, xylene (1330207), EtO, acetone (67641), and benzene (71432). The authors conclude that there were no exposures above the environmental criteria during this survey. The authors recommend specific measures including control procedures, work practices and work procedures which would reduce employee exposures in the operation rooms.
• Subjects:
  Anesthesia Enflurane Health Personnel Laboratories Occupational Health Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  Anesthetics Ethrane General Medical & Surgical Hospitals Halothane Hazard-Unconfirmed Health-care-personnel HETA-88-287-1942 Isoflurane Laboratory-workers Laboratory Safety NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nitrous-oxide Organic-solvents OSHA Region 8 Scavenging Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Waste Anesthetics Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA882871942
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; 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:
  20 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Lee, Steve
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00186191
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-186696
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 88-287-1942, 1988 Dec ; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethylene oxide (CAS RN 75-21-8) ; Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; Acetone (CAS RN 67-64-1) ; Benzene (CAS RN 71-43-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• 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-512:3a57e291ded272d55b3d3edd4c9674a298bae1313d4ddd934ffd87f915b7286302d4e871d148335a68fd46fe7dbdebe9f25f236522e1bc409fbf9284f4b5c858
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171852/cdc_171852_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 864.64 KB ]