학술논문
대학병원 내 외래간호사의 포름알데히드 노출 평가
Exposure to Formaldehyde of Ambulatory Care Nurses in University Hospital
Exposure to Formaldehyde of Ambulatory Care Nurses in University Hospital
Document Type
Article
Author
구동철 / Dong Chul Gu; 이채관 / Chaek Wan Lee; 이재환 / Jae Wan Lee; 이수연 / Su Yeon Lee; 윤순영 / Soon Young Yun; 한아름 / A Reum Han; 김현주 / Hyun Ju Kim; 박영범 / Yeong Beom Park; 정성욱 / Seong Wook Jeong; 문찬석 / Chan Seok Moon
Source
한국산업보건학회지 / KOREAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. Dec 31, 2014 24(4):446
Subject
Language
Korean
ISSN
2384-132x
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the exposure status of formaldehyde(FA) among the nurses in ambulatory care departments of university hospital. Methods: Two university hospitals were surveyed. The FA concentration in air were measured to target 62 nurses in 8 ambulatory care departments(89 samples). Air sampling and analysis of FA were carried out according to the OSHA Method ID-205. The survey was conducted with questionnaire asking about how to control FA and whether the nurses use the formaldehyde protectors or not. Results: FA was detected in all samples. The maximum concentration of FA was 0.258 ppm and the geometric mean was 0.023 ppm. There was no sample that exceeded any of exposure standards by OSHA-TWA whereas there were 54 samples(60.7%) that exceeded the standards by NOISH-TWA. Among 62 nurses handling FA, 13 nurses(21.0%) used the protective gloves while nobody used a gas mask. It was assessed that any of 8 common ambulatory care departments did not use a safety cabinet for FA in which local exhaust ventilation was fixed. Conclusions: Nurses in ambulatory care departments were exposed to FA. Therefore, the environment management of a workplace, the health management of a nurses, FA handling education and installing a FA cabinet with a local exhaust ventilation were needed because FA as a carcinogen was able to cause any cancer to a human body if it was emitted in air for long time.