Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-113-385: Englewood Hospital: Englewood, N.J.

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• Personal Author:
  Burroughs, G. Edward
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A Health Hazard Evaluation investigation was conducted by NIOSH in the operating room, recovery room and delivery room areas of the Englewood, New Jersey, hospital (SIC-8062) on November 15-17, 1976. An authorized representative of the nursing personnel requested an investigation regarding exposure of personnel to waste anesthetic gases in these area, although there were no specific alleged health problems at the time the request was generated. Environmental air sampling indicated that the mean exposure of anesthesiologists to nitrous-oxide (10024972) was 160ppm, and to halogenated anesthetic (halothane (151677) and enflurane) was 1.4ppm. The average exposure of nurses to halogenated anesthetic was 0.4ppm. These concentrations exceed the NIOSH recommended limit of 0.25ppm nitrous- oxide and 0.5ppm halogenated anesthetic. Recommendations are made to reduce the concentration of waste anesthetic gas in the area of concern, including scavenging, general exhaust ventilation, work practices, and equipment maintenance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Enflurane Environmental Monitoring Halothane Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety Toxicology Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Anesthesiologists Anesthetic Gases Fluorinated-ethanes Halogenated-hydrocarbons Hazard-Confirmed Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel HHE-76-113-385 Medical-personnel NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitrous Oxide OSHA Region 2 Physicians Toxic-chemicals

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE76113385
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; Englewood (NJ) ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  13 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Gilles, Dawn M. ; Kominsky, John R.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00069939
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-273730
• 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 76-113-385, 1977 Apr ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2) ; Halothane (CAS RN 151-67-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• 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-512:7dfbd5a155b23a9580a90bd5679148688230e616b746ef62816e2891fdce2534b6d4b3df44c05087e36acfcabc3146477efa7917150735a77396b67bc58dc3a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173940/cdc_173940_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.10 MB ]