NIOSH Case Studies in Bioaerosols

Shirley A. Ness

doi:10.5771/9781461735045

Summary

Conducted by NIOSH, these comprehensive case studies bring the latest research and technology to bear on workplace health problems which companies are likely to encounter at a variety of worksites. These hard-to-find case studies have been selected based on a number of variables, including type of workplace involved, the activities conducted there, and the causative agents determined to be responsible for the problems.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 1996
ISBN-Print: 978-0-86587-485-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4617-3504-5
Publisher: Government Institutes, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 319
Product type: Edited Book

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Introduction No access
1. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. Background No access
  5. 1. Ventilation No access
    2. Germicidal Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation No access
    3. Personal Respiratory Protection No access
    4. Employee Medical Monitoring No access
  6. Methods No access
  7. 1. Industrial Hygiene No access
    2. Employee Medical Monitoring No access
  8. Conclusions No access
  9. Recommendations No access
  10. References No access
  11. Authorship and Acknowledgements No access
  12. Distribution and Availability of Report No access
  13. HETA 92-215-Table 1, Ventilation Evaluation Criteria No access
  14. HETA 92-215-Table 2, Ventilation and Environmental Results in Second Floor Patient Rooms No access
  15. HETA 92-215-Table 3, Ventilation and Environmental Results in Third Floor Patient Rooms No access
  16. HETA 92-215-Table 4, Ventilation and Environmental Results in Non-Patient Rooms No access
2. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. 1. Tuberculosis No access
    2. Facility Description No access
    3. Preparation of Specimens No access
  5. Methods No access
  6. Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines No access
  7. 1. Safe Work Practices No access
    2. Containment Equipment No access
    3. Laboratory Facilities No access
  8. Results and Discussion No access
  9. Recommendations No access
  10. Authorship and Acknowledgements No access
  11. Distribution and Availability of Report No access
  12. References No access
  13. HETA 93-0769-Table 1, Aerosols Producing Procedures in the Mycobacteriology Laboratory No access
  14. HETA 93-0769-Figure 1, Facility Lay-Out No access
  15. HETA 93-0769-Figure 2, TB Containment Laboratory No access
  16. Appendix A, Accident Response Procedures No access
3. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. Background No access
  5. 1. Environmental Assessment No access
    2. Medical No access
  6. Results and Discussion No access
  7. Conclusions and Recommendations No access
  8. References No access
  9. Authorship and Acknowledgements No access
  10. Distribution and Availability of Report No access
4. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. Background No access
  5. 1. Health Regulations No access
    2. Regulations Concerning the Shipment of Biohazards No access
  6. Methods No access
  7. 1. Industrial Hygiene Evaluation No access
    2. Medical Evaluation No access
  8. Conclusions No access
  9. Recommendations No access
  10. References No access
  11. Authorship and Acknowledgements No access
  12. Distribution and Availability of Report No access
1. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. Background No access
  5. 1. Industrial Hygiene Evaluation No access
    2. Medical Evaluation No access
  6. 1. Indoor Air Quality No access
    2. Microbial Aerosols No access
  7. 1. Environmental No access
    2. Medical No access
  8. Conclusions No access
  9. Recommendations No access
  10. References No access
  11. Authorship and Acknowledgements No access
  12. Distribution and Availability of Report No access
  13. HETA 91-257-Table 1, Carbon Dioxide Concentrations No access
  14. HETA 91-257-Table 2, Temperature and Relative Humidity No access
  15. HETA 91-257-Figure 1, Thermal Comfort Chart No access
1. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. 1. Facility/Process Description No access
    2. Previous Evaluations No access
  5. 1. Medical No access
    2. Environmental No access
  6. 1. Medical No access
    2. Environmental No access
  7. 1. Medical No access
    2. Environmental No access
  8. Conclusions No access
  9. Recommendations No access
  10. Authorship and Acknowledgements No access
  11. Report Distribution and Availability No access
  12. HETA 93-0775-Appendix A - Summary of Kill Floor Process Steps No access
  13. HETA 93-0775-Figure 1, Kill/Cut Division No access
  14. HETA 93-0775-Table 1, Qualitative Assessment of Contact and Aerosol Generation Potential No access
  15. Table 2, Six States with the Most Reported Cases of Brucellosis No access
  16. Table 3, the Five Countries in the U.S. With 10 Reported Cases of Brucellosis No access
  17. HETA 93-0775-Table 4, Comparison of the Precision of STA Titer Results between A and Lab B No access
  18. HETA 93-0775-Table 5, Standard Tube Agglutination Titers for Kill Floor Employees No access
  19. HETA 93-0755-Table 6, 2-Mercaptoethanol Titers for Kill Floor Employees No access
  20. HETA 93-0775-Table 7, Serologic and Questionnaire Data by Work Area No access
  21. HETA 93-0775-Table 8, Symptom Rates Among the 30 Employees Meeting Brucellosis Case Definition No access
  22. HETA 93-0775-Table 9, Odds Ratios of Potential Risk Factors for Two Outcome Measures: Meeting Case Definition for Brucellosis and Positive 2-ME Test No access
  23. References No access
1. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. 1. Histoplasma Capsulatum No access
    2. Rock Wool No access
  5. Methods No access
  6. Results No access
  7. Discussion No access
  8. Conclusions and Recommendations No access
  9. References No access
  10. Authorship and Acknowledgements No access
  11. Distribution and Availability of Report No access
1. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. 1. Facility Description No access
    2. Process Description No access
  5. 1. Environmental No access
    2. Medical No access
    3. Case Definition No access
    4. Analysis No access
  6. 1. Participation No access
    2. Serological Results No access
    3. Risk Factors No access
    4. Comparison No access
    5. Environmental No access
    6. Limitations No access
  7. Conclusions No access
  8. Recommendations No access
  9. Authorship and Acknowledgements No access
  10. Report Distribution and Availability of Report No access
  11. HETA 92-361-Table 1, Demographics No access
  12. HETA 92-361-Table 2, Non-Workplace Risk Factors No access
  13. HETA 92-361-Table 3, Workplace Risk Factors No access
  14. HETA 92-361-Table 4, Possible Confounders: Outdoor vs. Indoor Workers No access
  15. HETA 92-361-Table 5, Occurrence of Infection: Mine Workers vs. WTD Workers No access
  16. HETA 92-361-Table 6, Exposure Comparison: Workplace Exposures No access
  17. HETA 92-361-Table 7, Exposure Comparison: Non-Workplace Exposures No access
  18. Appendix A, Q Fever No access
  19. References No access
1. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. Background No access
  5. Methods No access
  6. Environmental Criteria No access
  7. Results/Discussion No access
  8. Conclusions No access
  9. References No access
  10. Authorship and Acknowledgements No access
  11. Distribution and Availability of Report No access
  12. HETA-91-097-Table 1, Industrial Hygiene Sampling Methods No access
  13. HETA-91-097-Table 1a, Laboratory Methods Employed for Viable Microorganisms No access
  14. HETA-91-097-Table 2, Fungal Concentrations in Bulk Hay Samples No access
  15. HETA-91-097-Table 3, Mesophilic Bacterial Concentrations in Bulk Hay Samples No access
  16. HETA-91-097-Table 4, GRAM - Negative Bacterial Concentrations in Bulk Hay Samples No access
  17. HETA-91-097-Table 5, Inhalable Dust and Endotoxin Exposures in Air No access
  18. HETA-91-097-Table 6, Airborne Dust and Endotoxin Samples Collected Using an Inhalable Inlet No access
  19. HETA-91-097-Table 7, Concentrations of Total Dust and Endotoxin in Air No access
  20. HETA-91-097-Table 8, Viable Fungal and Bacterial Concentrations in Air No access
  21. HETA-91-097-Table 9, Air Histamine Concentration No access
  22. HETA-91-097-Table 10, Statistical Summary of Air Sampling Results No access
  23. HETA-91-097-Figure 1, Average Miniram Values for Each Bam No access
  24. HETA-91-097-Figure 2, Direct Reading Miniram Measurements No access
  25. HETA-91-097-Figure 3, Particle Size Distributions No access
  26. HETA-91-097-Figure 4, Photomicrograph of Settled Dust Sample Collected in Bam #3 No access
1. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. Facility Description and Background No access
  5. 1. Medical Evaluation No access
    2. Environmental Evaluation No access
  6. Table 1, Detection Limits for 58 VOCs Quantitated in Water Samples Collected at Champion International No access
  7. Table 2, Detection Limits for 25 Elements Quantitated in Water Samples Collected at Champion International No access
  8. 1. Bioaerosols No access
    2. Drinking Water No access
    3. Noise No access
    4. Heat Stress No access
  9. 1. Medical Evaluation No access
  10. 1. Environmental Evaluation No access
  11. Table 3, Concentration of Thermotolerant Bacteria and Fungi in Air Samples No access
  12. HETA 90-375-Figure 2, Sampling Results for Thermotolerant Bacteria No access
  13. HETA 90-375-Figure 3, Sampling Results for Fungi No access
  14. Table 4, Locations and Sources of Water Samples Analyzed for VOCs and Elements No access
  15. Table 5, Effectiveness of E-A-R Plugs in Surveyed Areas of the Mill No access
  16. Table 6, Environmental Heat Measurements No access
  17. Conclusions No access
  18. Recommendations No access
  19. References No access
  20. Authorship and Acknowledgements No access
  21. Distribution and Availability of Report No access
  22. HETA 90-375-Figure 4, Octave Bank Center Frequency (kHz) Wet End Between PM #4 & #5 No access
  23. HETA 90-375-Figure 5, Octave Band Center Frequency (kHz) First Coater between PM #4 & #5 No access
  24. HETA 90-375-Figure 6, Octave Band Center Frequency (kHz) Rewinder between PM #4 & #5 No access
  25. HETA 90-375-Figure 7, Octave Band Center Frequency (kHz) Two-Walled Barrier Reel End of PM #5 No access
  26. HETA 90-375-Figure 8, Octave Bank Center Frequency (kHz) Vacuum Pump #10250 Basement Below PM #4 No access
  27. HETA 90-375-Figure 9, Octave Band Center Frequency (kHz) Drum Debarking - Sorting Line No access
  28. Appendix 1, Champion International - Drum Debarking Sorting Line, E-A-R Plugs No access
2. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. Background No access
  5. 1. Medical No access
    2. Industrial Hygiene No access
  6. Evaluation Criteria No access
  7. Results and Discussion No access
  8. Conclusions No access
  9. Recommendations No access
  10. References No access
  11. Authorship and Acknowledgements No access
  12. Distribution and Availability of Report No access
  13. HETA 89-348-Table 1, Industrial Hygiene Sampling Methods No access
  14. HETA 89-348-Table 2, Concentrations of Viable Gram-Negative Bacteria in Bulk No access
  15. HETA 89-348-Table 3, Airborne Concentrations of Viable Gram-Negative Bacteria Concentrations in CFU/m3 No access
  16. HETA 89-348-Table 4, Endotoxin Concentrations in Bulk Snow and Water Samples No access
  17. HETA 89-348-Table 5, Airborne Endotoxin Concentrations Area Airborne Endotoxin Concentrations Area Samples Collected Using an Inhalable Sampling Inlet Concentrations in EU/m3 No access
  18. HETA 89-348-Table 6, Airborne Endotoxin Concentrations from Area Respirable Dust Samples Concentrations in EU/m3 No access
  19. HETA 89-348-Table 7, Airborne Endotoxin Concentrations from Area Total Dust Samples Concentrations in Eu/m3 No access
  20. HETA 89-348-Table 8, Personal Exposures to Airborne Endotoxins Samples Collected Using an Inhalable Sampling Inlet Concentrations in EU/m3 No access
  21. HETA 89-348-Table 9, Symptoms Prevalence Table Subjects with Symptoms by Exposure Category No access
  22. HETA 89-348-Appendix I, Medical Questionnaire No access
3. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
  3. Introduction No access
  4. Background No access
  5. 1. Enzymes No access
    2. Exposure Criteria No access
  6. 1. Medical No access
    2. Environmental No access
  7. 1. Medical No access
    2. Environmental No access
  8. Discussion No access
  9. Conclusions No access
  10. Recommendations No access
  11. References No access
  12. Authorship and Acknowledgments No access
  13. Distribution and Availability of Report No access
  14. HETA 88-267-Table 1, Enzymes Products from the Miles, Inc. Plant, Elkhart, Indiana No access
  15. HETA 88-267-Table 2, Questionnaire Results: Most Commonly Reported Symptoms, Miles, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana No access
  16. HETA 88-267-Table 3, Skin Test Results, Miles, Inc., Elkhart Indiana No access
  17. HETA 88-267-Table 4, General Area and Personal Breathing-Zone Air Sample Results No access
  18. HETA 88-267-Figure I, Serum IgG ELISA Results for Industrial and Purified Enzymes No access
  19. HETA 88-267-Figure II, Serum IgG ELISA Results for Industrial and Purified Enzymes No access
1. 1. Summary No access
  2. Keywords No access
Appendix A: Legionnaire's Disease-Commonly Asked Questions and Answers No access Pages 298 - 302
1. Background No access
2. Cooling Towers/Evaporative Condensers No access
3. Potable Hot Water Systems No access
4. Tepid Water Systems No access
5. Potable Cold Water Systems No access
6. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Distribution Systems No access
7. Humidifiers/Misters No access
Index No access Pages 313 - 319