[Histonet] Methanol

[Jennifer MacDonald]

We had methanol monitored at one facility that I worked at.  If you have 
it done once and it is below the PEL and you don't make changes to the 
procedure/use you don't need to do it again.



From:   "Johnston, Amy" <ajohnston <@t> oregonmed.net>
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Date:   04/02/2013 02:45 PM
Subject:        RE: [Histonet] Methanol
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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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