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Industrywide Studies Report: A Walk-Through Survey of American McGaw (American Hospital Supply Corporation), Milledgeville, Georgia.

PB86125176

Publication Date	1985
Personal Author	Stayner, L.; Greife, A.
Page Count	18
Abstract	A walk through survey of American McGaw (SIC-2834), a division of American Hospital Supply Corporation, Milledgeville, Georgia, was conducted in January, 1985. The purpose of the survey was to determine the feasibility of including the facility in an industrywide NIOSH mortality/industrial hygiene study of workers exposed to ethylene-oxide (75218). The facility used an ethylene-oxide/freon mixture, 12 percent ethylene-oxide, from 1962 to 1975 to sterilize intravenous administration sets. The product line, including the sterilization process, was relocated to Puerto Rico in 1975. Although personnel records existed from all current and former employees, job and department titles used were not specific enough to separate exposed from nonexposed workers. No industrial hygiene monitoring for ethylene-oxide was ever conducted by the company. The authors conclude that the facility should not be included in the NIOSH study; it is not possible to reliably determine the extent of exposure.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Hospitals Medical supplies Ethylene oxide Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Air pollution Ventilation Sterilization Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Indoor air pollution SIC 2834 CAS 75-21-8
Source Agency	Centers for Disease Control Bureau of Laboratories National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Industrywide Studies Branch.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198605

Industrywide Studies Report: A Walk-Through Survey of American McGaw (American Hospital Supply Corporation), Milledgeville, Georgia.

Industrywide Studies Report: A Walk-Through Survey of American McGaw (American Hospital Supply Corporation), Milledgeville, Georgia.
PB86125176

Publication Date	1985
Personal Author	Stayner, L.; Greife, A.
Page Count	18
Abstract	A walk through survey of American McGaw (SIC-2834), a division of American Hospital Supply Corporation, Milledgeville, Georgia, was conducted in January, 1985. The purpose of the survey was to determine the feasibility of including the facility in an industrywide NIOSH mortality/industrial hygiene study of workers exposed to ethylene-oxide (75218). The facility used an ethylene-oxide/freon mixture, 12 percent ethylene-oxide, from 1962 to 1975 to sterilize intravenous administration sets. The product line, including the sterilization process, was relocated to Puerto Rico in 1975. Although personnel records existed from all current and former employees, job and department titles used were not specific enough to separate exposed from nonexposed workers. No industrial hygiene monitoring for ethylene-oxide was ever conducted by the company. The authors conclude that the facility should not be included in the NIOSH study; it is not possible to reliably determine the extent of exposure.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Hospitals Medical supplies Ethylene oxide Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Air pollution Ventilation Sterilization Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Indoor air pollution SIC 2834 CAS 75-21-8
Source Agency	Centers for Disease Control Bureau of Laboratories National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Industrywide Studies Branch.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198605