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ID (ISN) del documento110801
Número CIS 10-0381
ISSN - Título de la serie 0019-8366 - Industrial Health
Año 2010
Número de serie
Autor(es) Pacenti M., Dugheri S., Boccalon P., Arcangeli G., Dolara P., Cupelli V.
Título Air monitoring and assessment of occupational exposure to peracetic acid in a hospital environment
Información bibliográfica Mar. 2010, Vol.48, No.2, p.217-221. Illus. 14 ref.
Acceso Internet Air_monitoring_and_assessment.pdf [en inglés]
Resumen A new automated method based upon solid phase micro-extraction (SPME)/fast gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used in the regional hospital of Florence for the quantitative determination of airborne peracetic acid (PAA). The method is suitable for the quick assessment of brief acute exposure as well as for long-term environmental monitoring of PAA and can assist in improving safety and environmental quality in workplaces where disinfectants are used. During a monitoring campaign in Italy, the 8h average air concentration of PAA was 1/10 of the threshold limit value of time weighted average in 87% of the clinical units tested. However, the application of the new SPME method showed that short-term exposure to PAA could be relatively elevated in some hospital units with poor ventilation, allowing prompt intervention in order to reduce worker exposure to this potentially toxic compound.
Descriptores (primarios) ácido peroxiacético; hospitales
Descriptores (secundarios) Italia; desinfectantes; espectrometría de masa; cromatografía en fase gaseosa; valoración de la exposición; valores umbrales; exposición de corta duración
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Sustancias tóxicas y peligrosas
Cemercio, servicios, oficinas
Broad subject area(s) Riesgos químicos
Navegación por categoria(s) Exposure evaluation
Organic acids
Health care services