[Histonet] Methanol

[Johnston, Amy]

Thank you,
But  they weren't concerned with the methanol in the formalin,  it was the methanol that the med techs were using.  My question is really how do you know when you have to do air quality testing.  Is it a question of quantity of a chemical?

Amy

From: darkdaym <@t> comcast.net [mailto:darkdaym <@t> comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:26 PM
To: Johnston, Amy
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Methanol

Amy,

Are you aware that Formalin Fixative contains Methanol, usually a little over 1%?  The label and MSDS should state this.

Mark

On 3/27/2013 6:47 PM, Johnston, Amy wrote:

Hello all,



I work in a medical lab that has recently expanded to histology and we are working on our chemical hygiene plan.  We have already done the initial air sample testing for formaldehyde and xylene, but we were told by someone at OSHA that we need to test for methanol as well.  The only place that methanol is used is on one of the med tech's machines and it is only 4 ml occasionally.  I'm not sure if this is something we need to include in our plan, it was never tested for in the past.



How can we find out specifically which chemicals we need to monitor?





Amy



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