Technical assistance report no. TA-78-9, Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Kronoveter, Kenneth J.
• Description:
  A hazard evaluation and technical assistance survey of potential hazards from exposure to mercury (7439976), methyl-methacrylate (80626), sterilizer solvent vapors, and nitrous-oxide (10024972) at the Louisiana State University, School of Dentistry(SIC-8021) is reported. Results of air sampling indicated mercury contamination in certain areas. Student exposure to nitrous-oxide ranged from 150 to 1400ppm, and the nitrous-oxide found its way to other parts of the building. It is concluded that the student dentists and other employees are being overexposed to mercury vapors and nitrous-oxide at the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Anesthesia Environmental Monitoring Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report; TA-78-9; Hazards-Confirmed; Region-6; Air-quality-measurement; Air-contamination; Occupational-health; Hazards; Medical-personnel; Medical-equipment; Gases; Anesthetics
• 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:
  Louisiana ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080619
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82216292
• 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 78-9, 1978 Mar; :1-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester (CAS RN 80-62-6) ; Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6) ; Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8021 - Offices and clinics of dentists - (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/232710/cdc_232710_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]