Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-151-259: Winchester Hospital: Winchester, Massachusetts

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• Personal Author:
  Levy, Beth S. B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH on September 29-30 and October 1, 1975, at the Winchester Hospital (SIC-8062), in Winchester, Massachusetts, to determine the concentrations of waste anesthetic gases and vapors to which operating room personnel were being exposed. The survey was prompted by a request from the management regarding the exposure of the approximately 80 affected employees. On the basis of environmental sampling, it was determined that concentrations of nitrous-oxide (10024972) measured in the operating rooms greatly exceeded 30ppm and that the concentrations of halothane (151677) were usually in excess of the vapors but not the nitrous-oxide. Recommendations are made for effective control of both anesthetics. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Halothane Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Nitrogen Oxides Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-measurement Halogenated-hydrocarbons Halothane Hazard-Confirmed Health-care-facilities HHE-75-151-259 Medical-personnel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitrogen-oxides Nitrous Oxide Operating Room OSHA Region 1 Scavenging Waste Anesthetic Gases And Vapors

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE75151259
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Winchester (MA) ; OSHA Region 1
• 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:
  15 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Geissert, Jack O. ; Rivera, Raymond O.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00075006
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-166235
• 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 75-151-259, 1976 Jan ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2) ; Halothane (CAS RN 151-67-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• 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-512:6e09e2207c1e7a03cda91244ec3b0c9981e35eb38ee5681aab5b6ff18f166ff6a135cfbcb311fa328f9776cec835cef687b61c5ac2d2f34d8a6affaf663b4407
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173878/cdc_173878_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.89 MB ]