Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Ethylene oxide : how hospitals handle

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Ethylene oxide : how hospitals handle / Robert F. Kramer

Sumario: Ethylene oxide has been widely used as a sterilant in some industries as well as in laboratories, and hospitals. Designated a potential carcinogen, there is a proposed federal standard that would drastically reduce the allowable exposure to ethylene oxide. Some hospitals have made a study of the possible hazards and are doing something about it. this report shows the procedure that offers can use when dealing with a potentially hazardous substance

En: National safety news. - Chicago. - Vol. 127, nº 5, May 1983 ; p. 44-47

1. Higiene industrial . 2. Contaminantes químicos . 3. Oxido de etileno . 4. Esterilización . 5. Hospitales . 6. Control de contaminantes . 7. Valores TLV . 8. Normas . 9. Riesgo laboral . 10. Prevención de accidentes . I. Título. II. Título: National safety news.