NIOSH Criteria Documents

Special Occupational Hazard Review With Control Recommendations: Use of Ethylene Oxide as a Sterilant in Medical Facilities

August 1977
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-200

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**TABLE OF CONTENTS**
Preface	77-200A.PDF (22 pages, 1,016K)
Acknowledgments
Summary and Conclusions
Contents
Introduction
I. Properties
II. Uses and Occurrence in Medical Facilities
III. Summary of Results of Field Studies Conducted in Medical Facilities
IV. Biologic Effects of Exposure to ETO	77-200B.PDF (24 pages, 1,021K)
V. Occupational Exposure Limits	77-200C.PDF (22 pages, 977K)
VI. Hazards, Control Measures, Medical Surveillance, and Recordkeeping
VII. Sampling and Analytical Methods
VIII. References

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NIOSH Criteria Documents

Special Occupational Hazard Review With Control Recommendations: Use of Ethylene Oxide as a Sterilant in Medical Facilities

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