Halogenated Anesthetics Vapor Monitor

Halogenated Anesthetics Vapor Monitor

  • $45.00


General

Halogenated Anesthetics Vapor Monitor can be worn as a badge near the breathing zone to measure personal exposure, or placed in a room to measure area concentration.

Workplace Exposure Monitoring

Measurement of personal exposure is very easy. Clip the monitoring badge near the breathing zone of the worker. Record the start time and the stop time of the test on the pouch of the badge and return it to the laboratory for analysis in the mailer provided. The analysis report will show the average concentration of the worker’s personal exposure level.

According to OSHA regulations, each person who uses a toxic gas as a regular part of their job must have their exposure monitored periodically.

Indoor Air Monitoring

Place or hang the badge in your home for 24 hours. Record the start and stop times and send the badge back to the laboratory for analysis in the mailer provided. The analysis report explains if the concentration level of your home is exceeding the exposure limit.

Halogenated Anesthetics is a mixture of anesthetic gases used for sedation in a medical setting. Gases most commonly used include nitrous oxide, halothane, enflurane, isoflurane, and desflurane.

Sources/Uses

  • Used in hospitals and dental offices as anesthesia during surgical, medical, or dental procedures

Exposure Limits

  • 15 minute (STEL) maximum exposure limit is 2 ppm per NIOSHA.
  • 8 hour (PEL-TWA) maximum exposure limit is not recommended.

Health effects

  • Nausea, dizziness, headaches, fatigue, and irritability
  • More extreme exposure can cause sterility, miscarriages, birth defects, cancer, and liver and kidney disease

Additional Resources

Sold individually, as a pack of 5, or a pack of 10
All purchases include analysis and report from our accredited Industrial Hygiene laboratory

Principle of Operation

Air diffuses through a micro-porous membrane and collects vapor on special prepared adsorbents inside the monitoring badge.

OSHA NIOSH ACGIH
TWA (PPM)  see individual chemicals
STEL/CEIL (PPM)    


 

AKA  
 CAS#  multiplexed
 ANALYTICAL METHOD OSHA 103, OSHA 106
ABSORBENT  Activated Carbon
MINIMUM LEVEL OF QUANTITATION PPM for 8 Hours
PPM for 15 Minutes
PPM for 24 Hours
 RECOMMENDED SAMPLING TIME  Workplace: 15 minutes to 8 hours
Indoor Air: 24 hours – 48 hours
 INTERFERENCES  No interferences are known
 EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE  Less than 10% for each 10°C variation from 24°C
 EFFECT OF HUMIDITY  No effects detected at 30% RH to 92% RH.
 ACCURACY  Meets or exceeds OSHA accuracy requirements of +/- 25%
 STORAGE CONDITIONS  Store at room temperature.
 RECOMMENDED HOLDING TIME Monitors need to be returned to Lab within two weeks after sampling.