Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 76-15-308: Department of Anesthesia, Northwestern University Medical School: Chicago, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Geissert, Jack O. ; Meyer, Channing R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The department of anesthesia of a medical school (SIC-8221) was evaluated for hazardous agents because of the history of middle and inner ear disturbances in workers. Based on measurements of workplace concentrations of airborne chemicals, inspection of the work area and materials used, medical evaluation using questionnaires and physical examinations, and review of the current knowledge of ototoxic agents, exposures of employees to chemical agents are not believed to be toxic. Recommendations are made concerning the re-evaluation of existing ventilation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Ear Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-control Chemical Agents Ear-disorders Eighth Cranial Nerve Disease Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-76-15-308 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 5 Sensory-perceptual-disorders Toxic-substances

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7615308
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Chicago (IL) ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  9 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Neumeister, Charles E. ; Larkin, Robert L.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00054447
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-264293
• 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 76-15-308, 1976 Jul ; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8221 - Colleges and universities - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e7a38863e5864437437abec0efc62a4a6f91913c26c0f82adc064d404353e7be6371f3956c4d12d8e181bbef50e7ca609883463ca9c34120bc724f8690e0a6ed
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174015/cdc_174015_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.49 MB ]