[Histonet] alcohol monitoring

[Bauer, Karen L.]

Hi Cristi,

We have been monitoring alcohol fumes for many years.  Our hospital safety officer orders badges and we wear them on our lab coats for 15 minutes and another one for 8 hours.  Only one tech needs to wear them in the lab, not everybody.  We usually do it on a day where we will handle more alcohol... Like cleaning the processors and recycling.

We also wear the badges for xylene and formalin fumes.  Again, one for 15 minutes and another for 8 hours.

Once we are done, we put them back in their designated bags and call the safety officer to pick them up.  He sends them off to wherever he orders them and they send back the report.

Very easy... If you want, I could put you in touch with our safety officer so you can get further information.

Good luck,

Karen

Karen L. Bauer HT/HTL (ASCP)
Histology Section Chief
Department of Pathology - Luther Hospital
Luther Midelfort - Mayo Health System
715-838-3205
bauer.karen <@t> mayo.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Cristi stephenson
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:32 PM
To: Histo Net
Subject: [Histonet] alcohol monitoring

Hello,
I was recently approached by my management about monitoring the alcohol in the lab?  I monitor for xylene and formalin, but I have never heard of doing so for alcohol.  Does anyone else do this at their lab?  Is there potentially a different type of testing to check for this?  Any guidance is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Cristi
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