Industrywide studies report: a walk-through survey of Becton Dickinson Company, Holdredge, Nebraska. [Ethylene oxide]

Technical Report · Thu Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5968517

Elliott, L J; Stayner, L

A walk-through survey was conducted at Becton Dickinson Company, Holdredge, Nebraska in April, 1985. The purpose of the survey was to determine the feasibility of including the facility in an industrywide NIOSH mortality/industrial hygiene study of ethylene-oxide. The facility produced and sterilized hypodermic needles and syringes with 100 percent ethylene oxide. The company currently used five 1,000 cubic foot sterilizers. The facility performed industrial hygiene monitoring for ethylene-oxide beginning in 1981. The authors conclude that the facility is eligible for inclusion in the NIOSH study.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA). Industrial Hygiene Section
• OSTI ID: 5968517
• Report Number(s): PB-86-145448/XAB; IWS-67.41
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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