Characterization of Waste Anesthetic Gas Exposures to Veterinary Workers in the Tampa Bay Area

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• Personal Author:
  Vogel K
• Description:
  Objective: Characterize waste anesthetic gas exposures that veterinarians and veterinary technicians receive when conducting surgery in clinics. Methods: A survey will be administered to the lead veterinarian at 5 different facilities to determine background information on the clinic, including frequency of surgical operations, type of anesthetic gas used, and control methods used to collect waste gases. Area sampling will then be conducted during surgery with a Miran SapphIRe XL to determine which worker at the facility receives the highest exposure to isoflurane during surgery. Finally, OSHA Method 103 will be used to sample in the breathing zone of this worker believed to have the highest exposure. Results: Isoflurane exposures are expected to exceed the 2 ppm limit for halogenated anesthetic agents with exposures higher in facilities that do not perform as many surgeries. The individual with the highest exposure is expected to be the veterinary technician. Conclusion: Conclusions will be reached concerning differences in high versus low volume surgery clinics. Exposures to the veterinary personnel will be characterized based off the data. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Anesthesia Environmental Exposure Health Personnel Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Veterinarians
• Keywords:
  Anesthetic Gases Anesthetic Gas Exposure Anesthetics Author Keywords: Isoflurane Breathing Zone Exposure Levels Gases Halogenated Compounds Risk Factors Sampling Surgery Technical Personnel

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• Publisher:
  University of South Florida (USF)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063678
• Citation:
  Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 20-22, 2014, Tampa, Florida. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida (USF), 2014 Feb; :19
• CAS Registry Number:
  Isoflurane (CAS RN 266Trifluoromethane (CAS RN 75-46-7))
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Sunshine ERC Research Poster Session/USF Health Research Day, February 20-22, 2014, Tampa, Florida
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:baac4c9c5dee3efee01bbc48cbb23c903fde6be9a88ca9f229cf7ab6d0f7d6906043bf7aa5b12ec4809c0e527a966557f7ddb51db901eecefd64fc56a6b553c1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222240/cdc_222240_DS1.pdf
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