Industrywide studies report: a walk-through survey of American Sterilizer Company, Erie, Pennsylvania. [Feasibility of inclusion in NIOSH industry-wide study of ethylene oxide]
A walk-through survey was conducted at American Sterilizer Company, Erie, Pennsylvania in May, 1984. The purpose of the study was to determine the feasibility of including the facility in a NIOSH industrywide mortality/industrial hygiene study of ethylene-oxide exposure. The company produced sterilizers for hospitals and used ethylene-oxide to test the sterilizers for air leaks and gauge function from 1956 to 1982. The authors conclude that the facility meets most eligibility requirements for the NIOSH survey: having at least 400 person years of exposure, adequate personnel records, and no serious confounding exposure, to a known leukemogen. The facility should be tentatively included in the NIOSH study.
- Research Organization:
- National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6112063
- Report Number(s):
- PB-86-117637/XAB; IWS-67.26
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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