Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 79-76-602: Pathology Laboratory Consultation Service: Denver, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposures to isopropyl alcohol (67630) and xylene (1330207) used in a staining solution for treatment of pap smear and sputum specimen slides were evaluated on May 9, 1979 at the request of an employer representative of Pathologist Laboratory Consultation Service, Denver, Colorado. General room samples were taken directly underneath and in close proximity to the staining solution. The chemicals were collected in organic vapor charcoal sampling tubes and analyzed by gas chromatography with a flame ionization detector. Results of the analysis show that all breathing zone samples were below OSHA standards (980 and 435 milligrams per cubic meter of air, respectively, for isopropyl alcohol and xylene). The continuing use of laboratory hoods when tissue slides are in use, and employee education on the toxicity of isopropyl alcohol and xylene are recommended. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cytology Environmental Monitoring Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Ventilation Xylenes
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Airborne-chemicals Cytopathology Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-79-76-602 Isopropyl Alcohol Laboratory Medical-laboratories NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 8 Pathology Ventilation Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7976602
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Denver (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:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00091558
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-147143
• 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 79-76-602, 1979 Jul ; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Isopropyl alcohol (CAS RN 67-63-0) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:253ed94ffffd21c6615a828645ed42ccb3aee83ea9c451b2c1d9d357fc05d9396f55048cadcda42a74366e5dcf13d32c73d4755e6a58c64f302968a5e876fae2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173775/cdc_173775_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 780.37 KB ]