Occupational exposure of midwives to nitrous oxide on delivery suites
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Occupational exposure of midwives to nitrous oxide on delivery suites.
AIMS To compare environmental and biological monitoring of midwives for nitrous oxide in a delivery suite environment. METHODS Environmental samples were taken over a period of four hours using passive diffusion tubes. Urine measurements were taken at the start of the shift and after four hours. RESULTS Environmental levels exceeded the legal occupational exposure standards for nitrous oxid...
متن کاملExposure of midwives to nitrous oxide in four hospitals.
The exposure of midwives to nitrous oxide in four hospitals was measured with personal samplers. In three of the four hospitals the average exposure was not significantly less than 100 parts per million (ppm). In one hospital the average exposure was 360 ppm; this was reduced by a factor of about 2.5 when a trial scavenging system was used. Differences in working practices and in the layout, si...
متن کاملShift work, nitrous oxide exposure and subfertility among Swedish midwives.
BACKGROUND Shift work and nitrous oxide exposure have both been suspected of having adverse influence on the reproductive performance of health workers. Time to pregnancy has been suggested as a sensitive measure of fecundity in occupationally exposed groups. We investigated the effects of shift work and nitrous oxide exposure on the fertility of Swedish midwives. METHODS A questionnaire was ...
متن کاملShift work, nitrous oxide exposure, and spontaneous abortion among Swedish midwives.
OBJECTIVES To study the relation between irregular work hours, nitrous oxide (N2O) exposure, and the risk of spontaneous abortion. METHODS All 3985 female members of the Swedish Midwives Association in 1989, born in 1940 or later, received a questionnaire on exposure before and during all of their pregnancies. Questions on work conditions covered occupation, extent of employment, workplace, w...
متن کاملOccupational exposure to nitrous oxide and desflurane during ear-nose-throat-surgery.
PURPOSE To determine occupational exposure of the anesthesiologist and surgeon to nitrous oxide and desflurane during general anesthesia for ear-nose-throat (ENT) surgery in children and adults. METHODS An observational clinical trial was performed in ten children (C) and ten adults (A). Tracheas were intubated, in adults, with cuffed tubes and in children with uncuffed tubes. The operating r...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.12.958