Determination of volatile organic compound profiles in health care settings

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• Personal Author:
  LeBouf, Ryan F. ; Stefaniak, Aleksandr B. ; Virji, M. Abbas
• Description:
  The purposes of this project were to develop and validate a sampling and analysis methodology for determination of volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations in health care settings and to model results for incorporation into a job-exposure matrix. This project was part of a larger epidemiologic study to assess exposures to asthmagenic cleaning and disinfecting products among healthcare workers. The healthcare workforce in the United States has a disproportionate number of asthma and work related asthma (WRA) cases. From the NIOSH-sponsored Sentinel Event Notification Systems for Occupational Risks (SENSOR), health care workers were disproportionately represented among WRA cases, with 16% of the cases but only 8% of the workforces in the four states where surveillance was conducted (Pechter et al. 2005). Health care settings present a challenging environment for assessing low-level concentrations of VOCs due to high alcohol background from the use of alcohol-based hand and surface cleaners. High alcohol concentrations saturate the detector and overwhelm the low-level chemical signature. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Disinfectants Environmental Exposure Epidemiology Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Irritants Lung Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Volatile Organic Compounds

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• Keywords:
  Accuracy Analytical-processes Author Keywords: VOC Environmental-exposure Exposure-levels Gas Chromatography Health-care Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Mass Spectrometry Medical-facilities Organic-compounds Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiration Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Sampling Sampling And Analysis Statistical-analysis Volatiles Workers

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• ISBN:
  9781627482721
• Publisher:
  International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043038
• Citation:
  Proceedings of Indoor Air '11, The 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, June 5-10, 2011, Austin, Texas. Santa Cruz, CA: International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), 2011 Jun; 1:2164-2165
• Email:
  rlebouf@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of Indoor Air '11, The 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, June 5-10, 2011, Austin, Texas
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6c4adda51fd4b2e8f167fd05fa48c8cd20c3177a909f4524999e0d2f614d558ed189d75df68296c111e36f1e3db2adbc81fac0fefbb24fa351d7516e003b614d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195062/cdc_195062_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 70.89 KB ]