Environmental and biological monitoring of formaldehyde inside a hospital setting: a combined approach to manage chemical risk in workplaces
| Autor: | Oriana Motta, Bruno Charlier, Francesco De Caro, Albino Coglianese, Federica De Rosa, Giuseppina Moccia, Concetta Pironti, Mario Capunzo, Anna Borrelli, Amelia Filippelli, Viviana Izzo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Public Health Research, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2279-9028 2279-9036 |
| DOI: | 10.4081/jphr.2021.2012 |
| Popis: | Background: The safety of healthcare workers exposed to formaldehyde remains a great matter of concern for healthcare management units. This work aimed at describing the results of a combined monitoring approach (environmental and biological) to manage occupational exposure to formaldehyde in a hospital setting. Design and Methods: Environmental monitoring of working spaces and biological monitoring of urinary formaldehyde in 16 exposed healthcare workers of the Anatomic Pathology Unit of a University Hospital in Southern Italy was performed on a four-year timescale (2016-2019). Results: Values of aero-dispersed formaldehyde identified were on average low; although workers' urinary formaldehyde levels were also minimal, the statistical analysis highlighted a slight weekly accumulation. Conclusions: Our data confirm that both environmental and biological monitoring are important to identify risk situations, in particular when values of hazardous compounds are below the accepted occupational exposure levels. |
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