Makos K A
Office of Safety and Environmental Management, Smithsonian Instituttion, Washington DC 20560, USA.
Occup Med. 2001 Oct-Dec;16(4):649-58, v.
The conservation and management of objects of artistic, historic, and cultural significance, along with research on natural history specimens, offer a variety of safety and health risks both common to other professions and unique to the handling and study of collections. Collection objects and specimens may be inherently hazardous due to their natural composition or may contain residual pesticide and preservative chemicals acquired from decades of conservation practices. When assessing exposures, evaluation of risk must consider the intermittent nature of most work duties, the small size of the workforce, and overlapping duties.
对具有艺术、历史和文化意义的物品进行保护与管理，以及对自然历史标本进行研究，会带来各种安全和健康风险，这些风险既有其他职业共有的，也有藏品处理和研究特有的。收藏物品和标本因其天然成分可能本身就具有危险性，或者可能含有从数十年保护实践中残留的农药和防腐化学物质。在评估暴露情况时，风险评估必须考虑到大多数工作职责的间歇性、劳动力规模小以及职责重叠的情况。
