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Formaldehyde Exposure During Cadaver Transport

Weiler, Michael D
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7295-8344
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1481306849010601

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2016, Master of Public Health (MPH), University of Toledo, Occupational Health (Industrial Hygiene).
Occupational formaldehyde exposure occurs during the embalming and preservation of cadavers as well as other work involving cadavers including moving, dissection, transportation, and cremation. This study examined formaldehyde exposure during the transportation of cadavers and dissected cadavers between medical universities in Ohio and during transportation between an Ohio and a Michigan medical university. Three events were sampled: one employee in one van during event one and two employees in separate vans during event two. Personal replicate samples were collected from the breathing zones of the workers during the cadaver transport. Transportation time included loading and unloading cadavers. A control vehicle was also sampled. Time-weighted average (TWA) exposure to formaldehyde ranged from 0.36 parts per million (ppm) (0.44 mg/m3) to 0.49 ppm (0.60 mg/m3). Eight-hour TWAs were below the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) permissible exposure limit of 0.75 ppm (0.92 mg/m3). The eight-hour TWAs were below the OSHA action level of 0.5 ppm (0.62 mg/m3). All eight-hour TWAs exceeded the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) ceiling value of 0.3 ppm (0.37 mg/m3). The formaldehyde concentrations by transportation method demonstrated a statistically significant difference between exposures during the cadaver transport, dissected cadaver transport and the control.
April Ames, PhD, CIH (Advisor)
Farhang Akbar-Khanzadeh , PhD, CIH (Committee Member)
Sheryl Milz, PhD, CIH (Committee Member)
Michael Valigosky, PhD, CIH (Committee Member)
41 p.
Occupational Health
cadaver; formaldehyde; transportation; formalin; body donation; embalm; embalming

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  • Weiler, M. D. (2016). Formaldehyde Exposure During Cadaver Transport [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1481306849010601

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Weiler, Michael. Formaldehyde Exposure During Cadaver Transport. 2016. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1481306849010601.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Weiler, Michael. "Formaldehyde Exposure During Cadaver Transport." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1481306849010601

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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