[Pollution levels of the anesthetic agent fluorurate (gas chromatography study)].
Using a simple, highly sensitive technique, the rate of pollution due to enflurane in an operating theatre with two beds and two respirators but without an air exchange system has been measured. After much debate and after seven serious cases of viral hepatitis among medical staff, the facility was closed because it was judged to be unusable and because the surgical department using it was moved elsewhere.
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000295:instrumentation; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004737:Enflurane / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D014691:Ventilation
D000393:Air Pollutants; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D004737:Enflurane
Tassi di inquinamento da agente anestetico fluorurato (Indagine gas-cromatografica).