[Air and biomonitoring of occupational exposure to anesthetic gases in the health care workers of a large hospital in Milan]
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2012
Citazione:
[Air and biomonitoring of occupational exposure to anesthetic gases in the health care workers of a large hospital in Milan] / S. Fustinoni, R. Pasini, F. Strangi, C. Valla, P. Missineo, M. Margonari, R. Denaro, P.A. Bertazzi. - In: GIORNALE ITALIANO DI MEDICINA DEL LAVORO ED ERGONOMIA. - ISSN 1592-7830. - 34:3, supplemento(2012), pp. 278-279.
Abstract:
In this study exposure to anesthetic gases in health care workers of a hospital of Milan was investigated. The evaluation focused on the period 2007-2010 and was performed by environmental monitoring (20 operating rooms and 54 samples) and biological monitoring (180 workers and 242 urine samples). Mean airborne exposure was 3:15 and 0.34 ppm for nitrogen protoxide (N2O) and sevorane; in end-of-exposure urine samples the concentration of N2O and hexafluoroisopropanol, metabolite of sevorane, were 4.85 mg/L and 0.21 mg/L, with 80 and 21% of values below the quantification limit. Sevorane monitoring exceeded or equaled the environmental limit value of 0.5 ppm and the biological exposure index in 17 and 11% of measures. There were no observed exceedances of the limit for N2O. The anesthetist and scrub nurse were tasks with greater exposure. There was a significant correlation between airborne halogenated gases and urinary hexafluoroisopropanol. The results of this study indicates that further efforts are needed to improve the hygienic conditions in the investigated hospital.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
air pollutants, occupational ; anesthetics, inhalation ; environmental monitoring ; humans ; Italy ; occupational exposure ; hospitals ; personnel, hospital
Elenco autori:
S. Fustinoni, R. Pasini, F. Strangi, C. Valla, P. Missineo, M. Margonari, R. Denaro, P.A. Bertazzi
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