Formaldeyde exposure during animal macroscopic examination

• Author(s): Viegas, Susana
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/3024
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
• Subject(s): Occupational health; Occupational exposure; Formaldehyde; Macroscopic exams
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

Results of research work developed in anatomy and pathology laboratories have indicated that “macroscopic examination” is the task involving the highest exposure to formaldehyde. This is probably because precision and very good visibility are needed and, therefore, pathologists must lean over the specimen with consequent increase of proximity. With this research we aimed to know formaldehyde exposure in case of animal’s macroscopic examination. Three macroscopic examinations were considered and exposure assessment performed with photo ionization detection (PID) direct-reading equipment (with an 11.7 eV lamp) designated by First-Check, from Ion Science. Higher values of formaldehyde concentration (ceiling values) were register in each exam.