Monitoring Peracetic Acid in Aseptic Food Production
*CASE STUDY* One of our current customers built a state-of-the-art aseptic packaging facility that was LEED certified, which used peracetic acid (PA...
August 2021 — 751 views Aseptic Packaging PAA Peracetic Acid

Can you tell if you are exposing your workers to Peracetic Acid?
Since Peracetic Acid (PAA) has a vinegar-like scent, you may believe you will be able to smell it if there is a leak. However, you’re not accounting...
August 2021 — 672 views Aseptic Packaging Medical Device Sterilization PAA Peracetic Acid Protein Processing

The Role of Calibration in Gas Detection
Everyone who uses gas monitors is aware of the need to calibrate them, but we are often asked why this is. The first reason is that calibration perfo...
March 2021 — 827 views

Protecting Those Who Protect Us
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, the number of people becoming infected and needing hospital care are overwhelming our medical system...
April 2020 — 6519 views COVID-19 Healthcare

COVID-19 underscores the importance of workplace safety for employees in the critical healthcare industry
At ChemDAQ, we are proud to say that workplace safety is ingrained in our DNA. We exist solely to help our customers maintain safe, productive wor...
March 2020 — 4555 views COVID-19 Healthcare

Safety Programs for PAA, EtO and H2O2
** ChemDAQ is the voice for safety when it deals with people working with and around Hydrogen Peroxide, Peracetic Acid, and Ethylene Oxide. Acc...
September 2019 — 2658 views Aseptic Packaging EtO H202 Healthcare Medical Device Sterilization PAA Peracetic Acid Protein Processing

Peracetic Acid: Beneficial... But Dangerous
Peracetic Acid (also known as PAA or Peroxyacetic Acid) is an extremely useful chemical. It is used in a variety of industries, ranging from healthca...
July 2019 — 3325 views Aseptic Packaging Healthcare Medical Device Sterilization PAA Peracetic Acid Protein Processing

What Every Hospital Sterile Processing Manager Should Know
*Do Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) Really Protect Workers from Reproductive and Developmental Effects? * The United States Census Bureau indicate...
June 2019 — 5245 views

The Myths of Sterilant Gas Safety Exposed
Sterilization is of vital importance in healthcare and while steam and heat provide reliable service for the majority of medical supplies, chemical ...
June 2019 — 3146 views EtO H202 Healthcare Medical Device Sterilization

Ethylene Oxide Can Be Used Safely
Ethylene oxide (EtO) has been used for sterilizing medical devices since the 1950s because it sets the gold standard for sterilization that oth...
January 2019 — 3140 views EtO Medical Device Sterilization

Why Would You Only Monitor Dangerous Chemical Gases Once A Year?
Conditions in your facility can change quickly and safe conditions can suddenly become unsafe.  Fires are unpredictable and that is why all faciliti...
April 2018 — 3901 views

What is Olfactory Fatigue? Do you have it?
OIfactory Fatigue is a name for the common experience of losing sensitivity to odors after prolonged exposure.  If you work around the same odors all...
February 2018 — 17579 views

Peracetic Acid (PAA) Risks at Poultry Plants
Peracetic Acid has a vinegar smell that can be detected at concentrations well below hazardous levels, but you cannot determine if the concentrations...
January 2018 — 3185 views

Hydrogen Peroxide IDLH More Dangerous Than Ethylene Oxide
*DO YOU USE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN YOUR STERILIZER? DID YOU KNOW THAT THE **NIOSH IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS TO LIFE OR HEALTH (IDLH) GUIDELINES FOR HYDROG...
January 2018 — 4467 views

What You Smell May Harm You!
Peracetic Acid (PAA) is an excellent antimicrobial agent. It destroys microbes and leaves no residue. As a result, PAA is used extensively in the Foo...
December 2017 — 1907 views

Don’t Always Blame the Sterilizer for Leaks of Sterilant Chemicals
When discussing leaks of sterilant chemicals such as ethylene oxide (EtO) or hydrogen peroxide, the first suspect of course is the sterilizer. In ord...
May 2017 — 1849 views

What is the difference between a REL and a PEL?
There is often confusion between exposure limits put out by different agencies even within the same administration. For example, the National Institu...
February 2017 — 4928 views

What to do in the case of a Peracetic Acid spill
In ALL hazardous material spills, the primary concern is the protection of personnel. The secondary concern is to confine the contamination, but ONL...
December 2016 — 3503 views

Keeping Healthcare/SPD Workers Safe from Exposure: 2 Very Different Options
*Continuous Monitoring vs. Badges* Badges are designed to provide the Time Weighted Average (TWA) data for the total exposure period. They contain a...
December 2016 — 1819 views

Peracetic Acid Exposure in a Poultry Plant – My Firsthand Experience
My colleague and I visited a mid-sized poultry plant to test the Peracetic Acid (PAA) vapor levels in the air, as requested by the plant’s safety man...
November 2016 — 1607 views
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