Industrywide studies report, a walkthrough survey of Baxter-Travenol, Mt. Home, Arkansas.

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• Personal Author:
  Greife, Alice L. ; Steenland, Kyle
• Description:
  A walk through survey was made at the Baxter Travenol facility (SIC- 3841) located in Mt. Home, Arkansas for the purpose of evaluating the industrial hygiene records, production processes, and personnel records to determine the suitability of including this facility in the NIOSH industrywide studies branch mortality/industrial hygiene study of ethylene-oxide (75222218) (EtO). The facility has used EtO from 1964 to the present time to sterilize blood collection kits, intravenous sets, and artificial kidney kits. There were about 1300 females and about 550 males employed at the facility. Medical, industrial hygiene and safety programs at the facility were evaluated. The authors conclude that personnel records were not adequate to construct work histories for workers; in some cases it was not possible to tell if a worker was exposed. The facility did fulfill the requirement for a minimum number of person years of exposure and there was enough data to characterize exposure. It was decided to exclude this facility from the cohort mortality study due to the limitations of the personnel records. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Disinfectants Hospitals Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; Region-6; Hospital-equipment; Workplace-studies; Disinfectants; Occupational-exposure
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Arkansas ; 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:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00195622
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91132878
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 067-52, 1986 Aug; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Butanol, 2-methyl-, thallium(1+) salt (1:1) (CAS RN 75222-21-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3841 - Surgical and medical instruments - (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/233398/cdc_233398_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]