The need for occupational hygiene in the health care industry

Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-97

  Grantham, David ^a   Wright, Jill ^a   Golding, Gary ^b   Lee, George ^b   Wallace, Bruce ^b   King, Graham ^b  

^a Occupational Health Unit   (Australia)

^b QLD Health Scientific Services Lab   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hazardous substances regulation; Health care industry; Occupational hygiene; Physical agents

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC GAS; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DESFLURANE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ENFLURANE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HALOTHANE; MERCURY; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSAFETY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DNA MODIFICATION; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IONIZING RADIATION; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0037302528     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Division of Workplace Health and Safety, Queensland. Workplace Health and Safety Act 1989. Brisbane: Department of Vocational Education, Training and Industrial Relations, 1989.
2. National Health and Medical Research Council. Approved occupational health guide: threshold limit values (983/84) 96th session. (Using American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists listing, p 21.) Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health, 1983.
3. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Inc. Threshold limit levels for chemical substances and physical agents in the work environment. Cincinnati: ACGIH, 1984, p 36.
4. Golding, G and Lee, G. Glutaraldehyde: an irritating problem. Population Health 1996, 1(3): 9.
5. National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. National exposure standards for atmospheric contaminants in the occupational environment. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1990.
6. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. No 2531 - Glutaraldehyde. In NIOSH manual of analytical methods (3rd ed). Cincinnati: NIOSH, 1989.
7. National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. Hazard alert - glutaraldehyde: use in the health and associated industries. Sydney: NOHSC, October 1991.
8. National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. National exposure standards for atmospheric contaminants in the occupational environment. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1991.
9. Division of Workplace Health and Safety, Queensland Regulation and Code of Practice for the Management of Hazardous Substances at Work. Subordinate legislation no 41. Brisbane: Department of Employment, Vocational Education, Training and Industrial Relations, 1995.
10. Commonwealth of Australia. Gazette no C2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 6 February 1996, p 124.
11. National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. Glutaraldehyde full public report. National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS). Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, July 1994.
12. Turner, P. Developments in the control of exposure during cold disinfection of surgical equipment. In the proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists Inc, Geelong, 2002, pp 289-295.
13. National Health and Medical Research Council. Approved occupational health guide: threshold limit values (983/84) 96th session. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health, 1993, Australian variations p 3.
14. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Inc. Threshold limit levels for chemical substances and physical agents in the work environment. Cincinnati: ACGIH, 1983, p 36.
15. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Inc. Threshold limit levels for chemical substances and physical agents in the work environment. Cincinnati: ACGIH, 1987, p 41.
16. Golding, G and Lee, G. Mercury contamination in hospitals. Population Health 1996, 1(3): 12.
17. Conroy, E. Mercury exposure in hospitals. In the proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists Inc, Gold Coast, December 1994, pp 173-176.
18. Choi-Lao, THA, Corte, G, Dow, DG and Loa, R. Mercury as a contamination in the hospital environment. Sci Total Environ 1979, 11: 287-292.
19. Nocera, A, Levitin, HW and Hilton, JMN. Dangerous bodies: a case of fatal aluminium phosphide poisoning. Med J Aust 2000, 173: 133-135.
20. Christophers, AJ, Singh, S and Goddard, DG. Letter to the editor. Med J Aust 2002, 176: 403.
21. Burgess, JL, Kirk, M, Borron, SW and Cisek, J. Emergency department hazardous materials protocol for contaminated patients. Ann Emerg Med 1999, 34: 205-212.
22. Macintyre, AG, Christopher, GW, Eitzen, E, Gum, R et al. Weapons of mass destruction events with contaminated casualties: effective planning with health care facilities. JAMA 2000, 283(2): 242-249.
23. Division of Workplace Health and Safety, Queensland. Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 1997, Part 11 - Asbestos. Brisbane: Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, 2000, pp 50-60.
24. Smit, K. Moulds, a new indoor air quality problem. In the proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists Inc, Geelong, 2002, pp 249-255.
25. Division of Workplace Health and Safety, Queensland. Guide for handling of cytotoxic (antineoplastic) drugs and related wastes. Brisbane: Department of Training and Industrial Relations, November 1997.
26. Nygen, O, Gustavsson, B, Strom, L and Friberg, A. Cisplatin contamination observed on the outside of drug vials. Ann Occup Hyg 2002, 46: 555-557.
27. Nygen, O and Lundgren, C. Determination of platinum in workroom air and in blood from nursing staff working with patients receiving cisplatin chemotherapy. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1997, 70:209-214.
28. National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. Amendments to adopted national exposure standards for airborne contaminants in the occupational environment (source A update batch 2). Canberra: NOHSC, 2002.
29. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. A practical guide to the determination of human exposure to radiofrequency: recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Report no 119, Bethesda, Md: NCRP, 1993.
30. Australian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Agency. Radiation protection standard for maximum exposure levels to radiofrequency fields - 3 kHz to 300 GHz. Radiation protection series 3. Melbourne: ARPANSA, 2002.
31. AS/NZS 2211.1-1997: Laser safety - Equipment classification, requirements and user's guide. Sydney: Standards Australia, 1997.
32. National Health and Medical Research Council. Occupational standard for exposure to ultraviolet radiation (1989). RHS 29. Melbourne: Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, 1989.
33. Division of Workplace Health and Safety, Queensland. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation in the construction industry. 2002. Website at www.whs.qld.gov.au/blitzaudit/audit/audit02.pdf.
34. Commonwealth of Australia. Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulation 1999. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1999, Schedule 1.
35. Queensland Radiation Monitoring Service. Personal radiation dose summary. Brisbane: Queensland Health Pathology Scientific Services, 2002, p 3.
36. Queensland Radiation Monitoring Service. Use of RADOS DIS-100 personal electronic dosemeter. Brisbane: Queensland Health Pathology Scientific Services, 2002, p 1.
37. Health and Safety Executive. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1988.
38. Commonwealth of Australia. Gene Technology Act, 2000. Canberra: Department for Health and Aged Care, 2000.
39. Commonwealth of Australia. Gene Technology Regulations 2001. Canberra: Department for Health and Aged Care, 2000.
40. AS/NZS 2243.3-2002: Safety in laboratories - Microbiological aspects and containment facilities. Sydney: Standards Australia, 2002.
41. Bellamy, D. The influence of workplace health and safety officer's training on the safety performance of Queensland workplaces. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology, 1998. Masters thesis, p 94.
42. Vanderkruk, R. Workplace health and safety officers: a Queensland success story. J Occup Health Safety - Aust NZ 1999, 15(6):557-563.
43. Hodges, J. Importance of occupational hygiene in the workplace health and safety agenda. J Occup Health Safety - Aust NZ 1995, 11(5):513-516.
44. National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. National OHS improvement framework. Sydney: NOHSC, December 1999.