How to reduce DEHP in your NICU: a plan of simple steps to promote change

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• Personal Author:
  Briscoe V ; McCauley LA ; Pak VM
• Description:
  In their efforts to improve health outcomes of neonates and infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), neonatal nurses should understand the potential for harm that plastic medical devices pose to infants. Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a plasticizer used to soften polyvinylchloride (PVC) that can leach from the plastic into the fluid or gas being delivered to the neonate. DEHP can harm the developing reproductive system. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public health notification recommendation that DEHP- free devices be considered for use in NICU patients. There are alternatives available. The purpose of this column is to inform neonatal nurses of the risk of DEHP exposure among infants and to make it simpler for them to implement change in reducing DEHP in their institution. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Infant, Newborn Occupational Health Phthalic Acids Plastics Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Exposure-levels Hazards Health-care Health-protection Humans Neonates Nurses Phthalates Reproduction Reproductive-effects Reproductive-hazards Reproductive-system Reproductive-system-disorders Risk-factors

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• ISSN:
  0730-0832
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  447-449
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044952
• Citation:
  Neonatal Netw J Neonatal Nurs 2006 Nov/Dec; 25(6):447-449
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Pennsylvania
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020701
• Source Full Name:
  Neonatal Network: the Journal of Neonatal Nursing
• End Date:
  20120630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1e6e53a91cc9372960a6b33cc524a895b1fb1f2b680e46daf808fd98a41bda2a1385db6b8aeb98436ff3fcaf251b31f4a15ab035f4d1936b3010452bc27f8bc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200532/cdc_200532_DS1.pdf
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