Industrywide studies report: a walk-through survey of American McGaw (American Hospital Supply Corporation), Milledgeville, GA.

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• Personal Author:
  Greife, Alice L. ; Stayner L
• Description:
  A walk through survey of American McGaw (SIC-2834), a division of American Hospital Supply Corporation, Milledgeville, Georgia, was conducted in January, 1985. The purpose of the survey was to determine the feasibility of including the facility in an industrywide NIOSH mortality/industrial hygiene study of workers exposed to ethylene-oxide (75218). The facility used an ethylene- oxide/freon mixture, 12 percent ethylene-oxide, from 1962 to 1975 to sterilize intravenous administration sets. The product line, including the sterilization process, was relocated to Puerto Rico in 1975. Although personnel records existed from all current and former employees, job and department titles used were not specific enough to separate exposed from nonexposed workers. No industrial hygiene monitoring for ethylene-oxide was ever conducted by the company. There was no facility wide use of personal protective equipment, although hearing protection and safety glasses and shoes were required in some areas. There was reported use of respirators in the late 1960s; however, no details were available. The company employed a physician assistant on the first shift and a licensed practical nurse on the second shift. The authors conclude that the facility should not be included in the NIOSH study; it is not possible to reliably determine the extent of exposure.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Food-Processing Industry Fungi Fungicide, Industrial Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  Animal-studies Biological-effects Biology Field-study Genetic-factors Medical-facilities NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Quantitative-analysis Region-4 Workers

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Puerto Rico
• 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:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00152299
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 67-36, 1985 Mar; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethylene oxide (CAS RN 75-21-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2834 - Pharmaceutical preparations - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:db95fe65e52d968e8572a6c20cef52ed7b9bcff1d8db7deb03b0d5d0614b41cd3790fd6f1d39dc8802d09bc94b27dc06a2c2cde5d75d8bf1c0e07cdea4aa38e6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179764/cdc_179764_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.37 MB ]