NIOSH Hazard Controls HC3 – Control of Nitrous Oxide in Dental Operatories

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Methods for controlling nitrous-oxide (10024972) (N2O) exposure during administration to patients as an anesthetic gas by dental workers were discussed. NIOSH recommends an exposure limit of 25 parts per million (ppm) N2O during analgesia administration, however, exposures of up to 1,000ppm N2O have been recorded during uncontrolled dental procedures. N2O exposures have been associated with short term effects on behavior and long term effects on reproductive health. Several methodological aspects of system maintenance, ventilation and work practice were recommended to control N2O exposure. An illustration of an N2O anesthetic delivery and scavenging system, a step by step approach for controlling N2O, and a list of sampling methods for N2O were provided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Anesthesia Dental Offices Environmental Monitoring Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-monitoring Anesthetics Dentistry Dentists Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Ventilation-systems
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Hazard Control
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB96107
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division ; DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00232589
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 96-107, (HC 3), 1996 Jan; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:064606ac6b5b335ad516c48029cd381f57ba67c6256fd7641945c6cb8bde777131751f87b5fad8feb2498deb1c9bfd7be1d8cc1c8444171a7185741594843d8a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209688/cdc_209688_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 366.14 KB ]