Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report HE 80-31-693: Emory University Pathology Department: Atlanta, Georgia 30322

Details

• Personal Author:
  Roper, C. Paul
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and personal air sampling was conducted on November 8, 1979 to assess the exposure of histology and cytology technologists at the Emory University Pathology Department (SIC-8061) in Atlanta, Georgia to xylene (1330207) vapors from tissue slide preparation procedures. The evaluation was requested by an administrative assistant in the Emory University Pathology Department on behalf of approximately 15 affected employees. Six personal and four area samples for xylene and other solvent vapors were collected. Average daily exposures to xylene vapors were well below the 8 hour average OSHA limit of 100 parts per million (ppm). Short term exposures to xylene vapors were also below the OSHA limit of 150ppm for 15 minute exposures. The combined exposures to all the solvent vapors including xylene, toluene (108883), ethanol (64175), and isopropanol (67630) were well below exposure criteria. NIOSH determined that no health hazard existed from xylene vapor exposure. Better ventilation and improved work practices are recommended. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Air Pollutants, Occupational
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Health Personnel
  • Laboratories
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Skin
  • Solvents
  • Ventilation
  • Workplace
  More +
• Keywords:
  • NIOSH-Author
  • HHE-80-31-693
  • OSHA Region 4
  • NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation
  • Hazards-Unconfirmed
  • Hospitals
  • Air-contaminants
  • Air-sampling
  • Technical-personnel
  • Medical-personnel
  More +
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE8031693
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Atlanta (GA) ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  10 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  McKinley, Thomas ; Rice, Barbara
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00098082
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-111205
• 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, HHE 80-31-693, 1980 Jun ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  • Ethanol (CAS RN 64-17-5)
  • Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0)
  • Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3)
  • Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8062 - General medical & surgical hospitals - (SIC)
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173677/cdc_173677_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 594.95 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c140cb5f849a17d65112eca5fabae06c0ab36ee31b17a1a0ec52f8d91be9291f7d6cb86b760aaab58c611b98a3c34ef1ee391ffe2a8c7505c005ede19889e5e