Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
J Occup Environ Med. 2013 Feb;55(2):164-7. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182717e51.
To assess potential arsenic (As) contamination of work surfaces to improve upon the control strategy at an anthropology department in a large natural history museum.
Work practices were observed and control strategy reviewed to inform an occupational hygiene assessment strategy utilizing surface wipe sampling. A total of 35 sampling targets were identified, focusing on surfaces that receive high touch traffic, including workstations, artifact transport carts, and elevator buttons. Arsenic sampling and analysis were performed using reference method Occupational Safety and Health Administration ID-125G.
Four of the sampling areas returned detectable levels of As, ranging from 0.052 to 0.350 μg/100 cm.
Workplace observations and wipe sampling data enabled the development of recommendations to help to further reduce potential occupational exposure to As. Continuous reduction of surface contamination is prudent for known human carcinogens.
评估大型自然历史博物馆人类学系工作表面的砷（As）潜在污染情况，以改进控制策略。
观察工作实践并审查控制策略，为利用表面擦拭采样的职业卫生评估策略提供信息。共确定了 35 个采样目标，重点是接触频繁的表面，包括工作站、文物运输推车和电梯按钮。砷的采样和分析采用参考方法职业安全与健康管理局 ID-125G 进行。
四个采样区域的砷含量可检测到，范围在 0.052 至 0.350μg/100cm。
工作场所观察和擦拭采样数据为制定建议提供了依据，有助于进一步降低潜在的职业暴露于砷的风险。对于已知的人类致癌物，持续减少表面污染是谨慎的做法。
