Surgery
The purpose of Heinemann's chemical exposure testing programs is to minimize or control exposure to prevent potential health effects from occupational exposure by:
- Conducting exposure assessments and monitoring
- Establishing safe handling practices and controls to minimize exposure
- Providing health hazard information and training
- Maintaining an employee medical surveillance program
Formaldehyde Monitoring
HEM'S formaldehyde monitoring program addresses:
- Exposure assessments and monitoring
- Monitoring of breathing zones for employee exposure
- Regulated areas
- Pathology Grossing, Histology, Morgue, Microbiology, Cytology, OR, OB and Dialysis
- Hazard communication
- Monitor employee work practice and emergency action plans
- Engineering controls
- Ventilation system evaluation of inlet and exhaust vents to calculate
total air exchange rate
- Protective equipment
- Employee medical surveillance
- Emergencies
- Evaluate emergency action plans
- Reporting
- Results include: 8 HR TWA; Evaluation of inlet and exhaust vents to calculate total air exchange rate discrepancies
Ethylene Oxide Monitoring
HEM'S ethylene oxide monitoring program addresses:
- Exposure assessments and monitoring
- Monitoring of breathing zones for employee exposure during running of sterilizers and aerators
- Leak detection of sterilizer, aerator and supply lines and tanks
- Hazard communication
- Monitor employee work practice and emergency action plans
- Engineering controls
- Ventilation system evaluation of inlet and exhaust vents to calculate total air exchange rate
- Protective equipment
- Employee medical surveillance
- Emergencies
- Evaluate emergency action plans
- Reporting
- Results include: 8 HR TWA; 15 MIN STEL
Glutaraldehyde Monitoring
HEM'S glutaraldhyde monitoring program addresses:
- Exposure assessments and monitoring
- Monitoring breathing zones for employee exposure during peak usage with digital electrochemical sensor for accurate instantaneous results (OSHA-approved method)
- Regulated areas
- OR, CS Endo, Cysto, RT, ER and Anesthesia
- Hazard communication
- Monitor employee work practice and emergency action plans
- Engineering controls
- Ventilation system evaluation of inlet and exhaust vents to calculate total air exchange rate using the dilution method
- Protective equipment
- Employee medical surveillance
- Emergencies
- Evaluate emergency action plans
- Reporting
- Results include: 8 HR TWA; Evaluation of inlet and exhaust vents to calculate total air exchange rate discrepancies
Waste Anesthetic Gas Monitoring
HEM's waste anesthetic gas monitoring program addresses:
- Exposure assessments and monitoring
- Monitoring breathing zones for employee exposure to N2O and halogenated agents; checking vacuum inlets for pressure and flow
- Leak detection
- Performed on the anesthesia machines, all connections of supply hoses, and N2O supply manifold
- Regulated areas
- OR, Delivery, Cysto, Endo and Recovery
- Hazard communication
- Monitor employee work practice and emergency action plans
- Engineering controls
- Ventilation system evaluation of inlet and exhaust vents to calculate total air exchange rate using the dilution method
- Protective equipment
- Employee medical surveillance
- Emergencies
- Evaluate emergency action plans
- Reporting
Anesthesia Vaporizer Testing and Accuracy
HEM's anesthesia vaporizer testing and accuracy program addresses:
- Accuracy verification
- For calibration of vaporizers within manufacturer's standard of plus or minus 15% tolerance range
- Documentation
- Of all brand, model, serial number, machine serial number and halogenated agents
- Vaporizer output accuracy and leak testing
- Reporting
- Results provided on-site at the time of service