Personal passive monitors for chemical agents.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Woebkenberg, Mary L.
• Description:
  Small lightweight passive personal monitoring devices for chemicals such as sulfur-dioxide (7446095) and mercury (7439976) are discussed. Such monitors function by diffusion and permeation and are worn on the collar, lapel, or pocket by the worker. Some register single and some record multiple chemicals. Some give measurements at work, while others require laboratory analysis. Ten inorganic, five organic, and two general monitors are described. Response, such as alarm or color change, the particular laboratory analysis, the recommended exposure limits, the collection mechanism, and the manufacturer are presented. The authors conclude that interfering compounds in the atmosphere make it important to determine which device will best protect the health of the workers by its accuracy. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-monitoring; Chemical-agent-detectors; Air-sampling-equipment; Air-quality-measurement; Analytical-instruments; Analytical-methods; Safety-engineering
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00124142
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83132910
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1980 Sep; :1-18
• CAS Registry Number:
  Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio, 18 pages, 3 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241554/cdc_241554_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]