Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 78-103-561: Weld County Hospital: Greeley, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposure to halothane, ethrane (13838169), and nitrous oxide (10024972) in the operating rooms of Weld County Hospital (SIC-806) in Greeley, Colorado was determined on June 29, 1978. The evaluation was requested by the hospital management on behalf of the 30 workers in the operating rooms. Measured halothane concentrations ranged from below the limit of detection to 1.73 parts per million (ppm)
  
  2 of 28 samples exceeded the NIOSH recommended concentration of 0.5ppm. Ethrane concentrations ranged from undetectable to 16ppm
  
  3 of 28 samples exceeded the NIOSH recommended concentration of 0.5ppm. Nitrous oxide concentrations ranged from 5 to 65ppm
  
  8 of 34 samples exceeded the NIOSH recommended concentration of 25ppm. The author concludes that the concentrations of anesthetic gases in the operating rooms did not pose an immediate danger to employees. The author recommends that anesthetic equipment be checked and maintained regularly, the scavenging system of the anesthetic cart be improved, and equipment be properly maintained. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Anesthesia Enflurane Halothane Irritants Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Anesthetics Employee-exposure Employee-health Ethrane Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-78-103-561 Irritant-gases NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitrous Oxide Operating Room OSHA Region 8 Scavenging System Waste Anesthetic Gas

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE78103561
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Greeley (CO) ; 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:
  14 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Geraci, Charles L. ; Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00101038
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-149668
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 78-103-561, 1979 Feb ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethrane (CAS RN 13838-16-9) ; Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  806 - Hospitals - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4a87e13daa171b1f6d58cf2a59c8e526d53c6ef782cf712930f8f4aaa6b1f98446ddc25b7a2db5ad71b5ef522613b441622ab15db2c027caf50948bf77cc3c62
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173561/cdc_173561_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.26 MB ]