Monitoring occupational exposure to inhalation anesthetics.
Air monitoring, an essential feature of the waste gas control program, is best based on measurement of total leakage in time-weighted sampling of N2O present in the anesthetist's breathing zone during clinical anesthesia. Leakage in the high-pressure N2O system is measured separately in a survey of the empty rooms. The infrared N2O analyzer used for these measurements is also useful as a teaching device and in enhancing the safety of the patient.
D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D000776:Anesthesiology; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006221:Halothane / Q000032:analysis*; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000032:analysis*; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000295:instrumentation; D014691:Ventilation
D000393:Air Pollutants; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D006221:Halothane