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...
When discussing leaks of sterilant chemicals such as ethylene oxide (EtO) or hydrogen peroxide, the first suspect of course is the sterilizer. In ord...
There is often confusion between exposure limits put out by different agencies even within the same administration. For example, the National Institu...
In ALL hazardous material spills, the primary concern is the protection of personnel. The secondary concern is to confine the contamination, but ONL...
*Continuous Monitoring vs. Badges* Badges are designed to provide the Time Weighted Average (TWA) data for the total exposure period. They contain a...
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...
We receive questions similar to the title frequently and the questioner is partly right. Peracetic acid (PAA) is formed in an equilibrium mixture wit...
The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), well known for its threshold limit values (TLVs) for a wide range of chemicals...
*NIOSH Comments that USDA approval of antimicrobial chemicals used in poultry plants does not consider safety and exposure can result in occupational...
Hydrogen peroxide vapor has no smell and is imperceptible at concentrations below a few hundred ppm. Therefore odor is an unreliable indicator of th...
Sometime ago we had a customer who installed four new hydrogen peroxide sterilizers and the customer wisely decided to place a ChemDAQ Steri-Trac® mo...
Safety in healthcare sounds like it should be an oxymoron, but in fact it is a pressing issue. It is well known that healthcare has historically put ...
*OSHA used its powers under the General Duty Clause to prosecute a furniture manufacturer, Fiberdome Inc, for exposing workers to excessive concentra...
*Workplace safety is a global issue and huge cost on the world economy. However investing in safety produces both a financial benefit as well as a so...
We are sometimes asked about the appropriate respirator to use with peracetic acid and so here is some information for some of the leading brands. Th...
*The ACGIH has recently set a Threshold Limit Value (TLV) Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL) for peracetic acid (PAA) of 0.4 ppm, calculated as a 15 mi...
*For ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilization and other other operations using potentially flammable concentrations both ppm and combustible gas sensors ar...
*Peracetic acid is typically used in solution at ppm concentrations and the vapor exposure risk to workers is expressed at ppm vapor; however the two...
*OSHA shifts tack with obsolete PELs and fines a company under the General Duty Clause for exposing workers to high levels of styrene vapor, resultin...
