Operating room pollution: governmental perspectives and guidelines.

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• Personal Author:
  Geraci CL Jr.
• Description:
  The main contents of the forthcoming NIOSH criteria document on trace anesthetic gases are highlighted. Based on the available health data, NIOSH has concluded that a safe level of exposure to waste anesthetic gases cannot be defined and it has recommended that exposure to the halogenated anesthetics, when used alone, be controlled to the lowest concentrations that can be reliably and reproducibly quantitated using sampling and analysis methods recommended for field use. This concentration is 2 ppm, collected by charcoal adsorption from a 45 liter air sample over a period not to exceed 1 hour, followed by gas chromatographic analysis. When the halogenated anesthetics are used in combination with nitrous- oxide (10024972), it is recommended that exposures be controlled to the lowest concentrations feasible with available control technology. The method recommended for monitoring nitrous-oxide levels is infrared absorption analysis in combination with several sampling methods. The means used to conduct waste gases to the outside range from venting into a nonrecirculating air conditioning exhaust grille to installation of a special duct system or suction line. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Anesthesia Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Operating Rooms Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-control Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Author Keywords: Anesthetics Control-methods Equipment Exhaust Systems Exposure-limits Gases Health-care-facilities NIOSH-Author Operating-rooms Pollution Standards Toxic-gases Trace Concentrations Volatile

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• ISSN:
  0003-2999
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DCDSD - Division of Criteria Documents and Standards Development
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00076980
• Citation:
  Anesth Analg 1977 Nov/Dec; 56(6):775-777
• Contact Point Address:
  Charles L. Geraci, Jr., Division of Criteria Documentation and Standards Development, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
• CAS Registry Number:
  Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Anesthesia and Analgesia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184223/cdc_184223_DS1.pdf
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