Online Monitoring of Air Quality at the Postanesthetic Care Unit by Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry
| Autor: | Werner Lindinger, Anton Amann, Josef Rieder, Michael Boehler, P. Prazeller, Philipp Lirk |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Other departments |
| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Methyl Ethers
Air Pollutants Occupational Sevoflurane Mass Spectrometry Pacu law.invention ALARM law medicine Humans Air quality index Proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry biology Isoflurane business.industry biology.organism_classification Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Anesthesia Ventilation (architecture) Anesthetics Inhalation business Postanesthesia Nursing medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Anesthesia and analgesia, 92(2), 389-392. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins |
| ISSN: | 0003-2999 |
| DOI: | 10.1213/00000539-200102000-00021 |
| Popis: | The subthreshold exposure to trace anesthetic gases is not associated with considerable risk of adverse health effects. Online control of ambient air exchange at the postoperative workplace may help in supervising air quality and lead to cost reduction. A proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometer system was used for online monitoring of volatile organic compounds, especially anesthetic gases. The mean exposure to sevoflurane and isoflurane at the urological postanesthesia care unit (PACU) was 15.9 and 9.5 parts per billion, respectively. Sevoflurane and isoflurane concentrations at the urological PACU showed a patient turnover-dependent burden during our investigation period. Because modern PACUs have a high ventilation capacity, the 24-h occupational burden by anesthetic gases at the PACU is relatively low. Monitoring and controlling of ambient air by automatic built-in alarm systems would be useful for quality control of the postoperative workplace. Moreover, energy costs of ventilation systems could be reduced by coupling ventilation capacity to the effective exposure. |
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