Technical assistance report no. TA-77-31, Boulder Memorial Hospital, Boulder, Colorado.

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• Personal Author:
  Hollet BA
• Description:
  A Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance survey was conducted by NIOSH on April 18-20, 1977 in the operating rooms of the Boulder Memorial Hospital (SIC-8062), Denver, Colorado. The survey was prompted by a request from the management regarding the exposure of 13 affected employees to anesthetic gases. Nitrous-oxide (10024972), halothane (151677) and occasionally, enflurane were the anesthetics used in all procedures. Forty of the 54 nitrous-oxide personal breathing zone exposure level measurements exceeded 25ppm. Time weighted average exposures showed 32 of the 41 personal procedure period exposures exceeded the 25ppm criteria. Fourteen of the 46 halothane breathing zone measurements exceeded the 0.5ppm combined gas criteria, and 4 of the 14 exceeded the 2ppm level. Based on the number of personal exposures above the NIOSH Criteria, it is concluded that waste anesthetic gases are not being controlled to the extent feasible; therefore, workers are receiving greater exposures than are necessary or advisable. Recommendations are made for improving existing conditions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Halothane Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Nitrogen Oxides Occupational Health Safety Toxicology Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report; TA-77-31; Hazard-Confirmed; Region-8; Toxicology; Occupational-health; Air-quality-measurement; Health-care-facilities; Medical-personnel; Nitrogen-oxides; Air-contamination; Halogenated-hydrocarbons; Exposure-limits; Control-measures; 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:
  Colorado ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  1-24
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00076138
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB278836
• 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 77-31 , 1977 Oct; :1-24
• 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/232692/cdc_232692_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]