Technical assistance report no. TA-77-62, Mansfield General Hospital, 335 Glessner Avenue, Mansfield, Ohio.

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• Personal Author:
  Evans W
• Description:
  A Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance survey was conducted by NIOSH on August 22-25, 1977, at the Mansfield General Hospital(SIC- 8062), Mansfield, Ohio, acting on a request from the management regarding exposures of operating room personnel to waste anesthetic gases. Of the 34 area samples for nitrous-oxide (10024972), 19 exceeded the recommended standard of 25ppm. Nitrous-oxide levels at or below the NIOSH recommended standard were achieved by the use of the ventilator with specially modified exhaust fitting, and the anesthesia circle system with ventilator/isolator. Levels of 50-220 ppm occurred with makeshift scavenging systems in use as designed by anesthesiologists. Personal samples for halothane (151677) ranged from 0.6 to 4.6ppm. Recommendations are made to modify the equipment as necessary, and to make routine maintenance checks for leaks. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Halothane Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Hydrocarbons Nitrogen Oxides Occupational Health Safety Toxicology Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report; TA-77-62; Hazard-Confirmed; Region-5; Toxicology; Occupational-health; Air-quality-measurement; Health-care-facilities; Industrial-hygiene; Medical-personnel; Halogenated-hydrocarbons; Fluorinated-hydrocarbons; Nitrogen-oxides; Air-contamination; Ventilation-systems
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Technical Assistance Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00076144
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB278971
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 77-62, 1977 Oct; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  (±)-Halothane (CAS RN 151-67-7) ; Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8062 - General medical & surgical hospitals - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/232652/cdc_232652_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]