The effect of work practices on personal exposure to glutaraldehyde among health care workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 289-295

  Nayebzadeh, Ataollah ^a  

^a Occupational Health and Safety Consultant   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glutaraldehyde; Health care; Respiratory symptoms; Ventilation; Work practices

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANADA; GEOMETRY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCULAR PRURITUS; PREVALENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CENTRAL SUPPLY, HOSPITAL; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUTARAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUEBEC; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

EID: 34249010215     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.289     Document Type: Article

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