[Histonet] alcohol monitoring

[Cristi stephenson]

Thank you all so much for the guidance!  I appreciate all of the input.
Sincerely,
Cristi




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From: Lee & Peggy Wenk <lpwenk <@t> sbcglobal.net>
To: Jeff Birkner <jbirkner <@t> colabserv.com>; Rene J Buesa <rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com>; Histo Net <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>; Cristi stephenson <cls71877 <@t> sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Wed, June 16, 2010 6:18:15 PM
Subject: RE: [Histonet] alcohol monitoring

You might want to do the alcohol monitoring once, just to prove your lab is
SOOOO far below the 1000 ppm. Then never do it again, because you would
probably have to do 100x the amount of tissue alcohol use, to come close to
the OSHA limits. 

Peggy Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS
Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI 48073

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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Birkner
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:46 AM
To: Rene J Buesa; Histo Net; Cristi stephenson
Subject: RE: [Histonet] alcohol monitoring

29CFR 1910.1000 Table Z-1 states that the Limit for air contamination with
Ethyl Alcohol is 1000 ppm, xylene is 100 ppm, formaldehyde is 0.75 ppm for
an 8 hour TWA, isopropyl alcohol is 400 ppm, methyl alcohol is 200 ppm. 

Jeffrey C. Birkner, CT(ASCP)
Manager, Pathology Laboratory Section
Collaborative Laboratory Services, L.L.C.
1005 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 102
Ottumwa, IA  52501
641-455-5414
ORHC Extension #3538
jbirkner <@t> colabserv.com

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[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:41 PM
To: Histo Net; Cristi stephenson
Subject: Re: [Histonet] alcohol monitoring

Never done it, never requested, really unnecessary.
Perhaps the "requester" was trying to "push his/her pencil" harder than
others in creating a new layer of bureaucratic work to just be "more busy"!
René J.

--- On Tue, 6/15/10, Cristi stephenson <cls71877 <@t> sbcglobal.net> wrote:


From: Cristi stephenson <cls71877 <@t> sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [Histonet] alcohol monitoring
To: "Histo Net" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 2:32 PM


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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