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Formaldehyde Exposures in an University Anatomical Laboratory

Winkler, Kyle W.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1294188073

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2011, Master of Science in Occupational Health (MSOH), University of Toledo, College of Medicine.
Air sampling studies were conducted within a university anatomical laboratory during the embalmment of a cadaver in order to determine if dangerous concentrations of formaldehyde existed. Three air sampling studies were conducted in the anatomical laboratory on three separate days that a cadaver was being embalmed. Samples were collected and analyzed using the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Sampling and Analytical Methods: Method 52. Each air sampling study sampled for short term exposure limit (STEL) and time weighted mean (TWA) breathing zone formaldehyde concentrations as well as area TWA formaldehyde concentrations. A personal aldehyde monitor was also used in each air sampling study to sample for breathing zone formaldehyde concentrations. Measured TWA mean exposures to formaldehyde ranged from 0.15-1.3 parts per million (ppm), STEL formaldehyde exposures ranged from 0.019-0.64 ppm, and eight-hour TWAs ranged from 0.03 to 3.6 ppm. All 8-hour TWA formaldehyde concentrations sampled in the anatomy laboratory during an embalmment were less than the permissible exposure limit (PEL) required by OSHA.
Sheryl Milz, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Michael Valigosky, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Carlos Baptista, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
60 p.
Occupational Health
formaldehyde

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  • Winkler, K. W. (2011). Formaldehyde Exposures in an University Anatomical Laboratory [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1294188073

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Winkler, Kyle. Formaldehyde Exposures in an University Anatomical Laboratory. 2011. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1294188073.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Winkler, Kyle. "Formaldehyde Exposures in an University Anatomical Laboratory." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1294188073

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