Industrywide Studies Report: A Walk-Through Survey of American Sterilizer Company, Erie, Pennsylvania

摘要

A walk through survey was conducted at American Sterilizer Company (SIC-3842), Erie, Pennsylvania in May, 1984. The purpose of the study was to determine the feasibility of including the facility in a NIOSH industrywide mortality/industrial hygiene study of ethylene-oxide (75218) exposure. The company produced sterilizers for hospitals and used ethylene-oxide to test the sterilizers for air leaks and gauge function from 1956 to 1982. The authors conclude that the facility meets most eligibility requirements for the NIOSH survey: having at least 400 person years of exposure, adequate personnel records, and no serious confounding exposure, to a known leukemogen. The facility should be tentatively included in the NIOSH study.