| Document ID (ISN) | 109013 |
| CIS number |
09-115 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1545-9624 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sutton P.M., Quint J., Prudhomme J., Flattery J., Materna B., Harrison R. |
| Title |
Glutaraldehyde exposures among workers making bioprosthetic heart valves |
| Bibliographic information |
May 2007, Vol.4, No.5, p.311-320. Illus. 41 ref. |
| Abstract |
This investigation was undertaken to describe exposure to glutaraldehyde among workers making bioprosthetic heart valves at two large manufacturers in California. The work process was observed, employer representatives and glutaraldehyde-exposed workers were interviewed, and employer records including industrial hygiene data were analyzed. Approximately 600 workers (mostly women) had continuous airborne exposure to glutaraldehyde. Short-term exposures were all well below the current regulatory ceiling level (0.20ppm). However, approximately 40% of the glutaraldehyde-related job tasks involved exposures above the ACGIH threshold limit value ceiling of 0.05ppm. Two cases of physician-diagnosed asthma were recorded in one company in the previous 5-year period. Employers should implement additional engineering controls to limit workers' exposures to at a maximum level of 0.015ppm, require the use of gloves and implement a medical surveillance programme for glutaraldehyde-exposed workers. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
glutaraldehyde; California; biotechnology industry; women; limitation of exposure |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
occupational hygiene; protective gloves; threshold limit values; USA; medical supervision; diagnosis; permissible levels; ventilation systems; exposure evaluation; asthma |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Aldehydes
Biotechnology industry
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