Industrywide Studies Report of Walk-Through Survey of American Edwards Laboratories, Irvine (Division of American Hospital Supply Corporation, Santa Ana, California)

摘要

A walkthrough survey of American Edwards Laboratories (SIC-3841), Irvine, California, was conducted in August, 1984. The purpose of the survey was to determine the feasibility of including the facility in a NIOSH industrywide mortality/industrial hygiene study of ethylene-oxide (75218). The facility used a 12 to 88 percent mixture of ethylene-oxide/dichlorodifluoromethane (75718) to sterilize thermodilution catheters, flow directed catheters, artificial heart valves, and other products. The authors conclude that the facility will not be included in the NIOSH study due to the inability of the personnel records to identify a cohort of potentially exposed workers.