| ID (ISN) del documento | 109013 |
| Número CIS |
09-115 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
1545-9624 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene |
| Año |
2007 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Sutton P.M., Quint J., Prudhomme J., Flattery J., Materna B., Harrison R. |
| Título |
Glutaraldehyde exposures among workers making bioprosthetic heart valves |
| Información bibliográfica |
May 2007, Vol.4, No.5, p.311-320. Illus. 41 ref. |
| Resumen |
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. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
aldehido glutárico; California; industria de la biotecnología; mujeres; limitación de la exposición |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
higiene laboral; guantes de protección; valores umbrales; Estados Unidos; vigilancia médica; diagnostico; límites admisibles; sistemas de ventilación; valoración de la exposición; asma |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| País / Estado o Provincia | Estados Unidos |
| Tema(s) |
Sustancias tóxicas y peligrosas
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Riesgos químicos
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Aldehydes
Biotechnology industry
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