Technical assistance report no. TA-80-16, U.S. Public Health Service - Dental Clinic, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Love, John R.
• Description:
  Area and personal air samples for nitrous-oxide (10024972) and mercury (7439976) were collected at the U.S. Public Health Service Dental Clinic (SIC-8021), Cincinnati, Ohio, on January 29 to 31, 1980. The evaluation request came from the dentist. Seven of eight area air samples, and all personal samples, exceeded the NIOSH criteria for nitrous-oxide (25 parts per million). Mercury was detected only in one area sample, and the concentration was well below the OSHA limit of 0.1 milligrams per cubic meter. The authors conclude that no mercury hazard exists, but the dentist and his assistant are exposed to hazardous concentrations of nitrous oxide. They recommend good housekeeping practices, routine equipment maintenance, and use of scavenging type respirator masks. Speech by the patient should be minimized during procedures that involve nitrous-oxide. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Dental Offices Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report; TA-80-16; Hazard-Confirmed; Region-5; Health-care-facilities; Health-care-personnel; Hazardous-substances; Health; Dentistry; Health-services; Health-surveys; Health-hazards; Measurement-methods
• 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:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00095234
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80194194
• 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 80-16, 1980 Mar; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6) ; Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• 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/232715/cdc_232715_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]