Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-76-234: Mt. Sinai Hospital: New York, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Levy, Beth S. B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental concentrations of nitrous-oxide (10024972) and halothane (151677) in cystoscopy rooms and three operating rooms in the Mount Sinai Hospital (SIC-8062), New York, are determined to exceed safety limits. Measures are suggested to reduce the leakage from the anesthetic circuit and scavenging equipment, and to improve anesthesia work practices and room ventilation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Anesthesia Halothane Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Anesthesiology Halogenated-hydrocarbons Halothane Hazards-Confirmed HHE-75-76-234 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Nitrous Oxide OSHA Region 2 Safety-measures Scavenging Techniques Toxic-gases Waste Anesthetic Gas

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7576234
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; New York (NY) ; 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:
  11 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Burroughs, G. Edward
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00051774
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249414
• 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 75-76-234,1975 Nov ; :1-11
• 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-512:808f0e1077d63f2547d06ed10bc8db8bb01c80583d43e85ad728f90c3e4a79154b4b1cb58267ecc0ea311de90391f5c50f0b5dc415d5e8a0401d5a573d044c51
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174031/cdc_174031_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.42 MB ]