Diethyl ether exposure of EEG technicians using collodian.

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Title Diethyl ether exposure of EEG technicians using collodian.
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author Lockman, Jeri L.
Date 1984-08
Description The purpose of this study was to determine if EEG technicians using collodian are exposed to diethyl ether and to determine if there was an accumulation of ether in the body after repeated exposures. Breathing zone air and expired-air samples were collected on four EEG technicians for five consecutive days. Expired-air samples were also collected the following Monday morning. Measurable amounts of either were found in all samples collected from the subjects. No relationship was found between the levels of ether in the breathing zone and levels found in the individual subject's expired-air. Also, levels of ether in the expired-air did not increase over the week nor was there any consistent increase in levels at the end of the day immediately after exposure as compared to the morning level. The scatter diagram of the number of EEGs performed and the levels of ether in the breathing zone indicate a positive trend between these two factors. It can be concluded from this study that EEG technicians are exposed to diethyl ether via collodian use. It can also be concluded that a body burden exists in EEG technicians with repeated exposure to low concentrations of ether. Expired-air sample results were considered invalid because of analytical problems. For this reason, no conclusion can be drawn regarding a relationship between exposure levels and expired-air levels of ether, nor can any statement be made regarding the accumulation of ether in the body with repeated exposures.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Pharmacokinetics; Ethyl Ethers
Subject MESH Collodion; Electroencephalography
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "Diethyl ether exposure of EEG technicians using collodian." Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "Diethyl ether exposure of EEG technicians using collodian." available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. RD 14.5 1984 L63.
Rights Management © Jeri L. Lockman.
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
Identifier us-etd2,243
Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available).
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Setname ir_etd
ID 193425
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qn6nd3
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