title: [Anesthetic gases exposure: findings from a 13 year environmental and biological monitoring in a hospital company].
abstract: The evolution of the modern anaesthesiologic technique aimed to detect more manageable and less toxic aesthetic gas, but adequately efficacy. This study considered the environmental and biological evaluation of the Careggi Hospital in Florence between 1991 and 2005. The pollution threshold of each aesthetic gas used (Nitrous oxide, Isoflurane and Sevoflurane) is reduced as time passed. The higher values about the pollution threshold have been found in the ophthalmology and in the otolaryngology operating room. We observed clinical and biological data of 74 health care workers (HCW). The anaesthetists and assistants were the more exposition. We didn't found any correlation between the exposure at gas and the clinical, and biological data. Some neurological and nonspecific symptoms (like head-ache and reduction of attention threshold) appear from the clinical informations; these symptoms suggest a possible effects on the HCW' health also for low pollution threshold.
authors.affiliation: SOD Medicina del Lavoro, Dipartimento di igiene e sanità pubblica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Firenze.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ritzu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boccalon
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arcangeli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Capelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D009873:Operating Rooms; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation