| Title: | Revising organic vapour respirator cartridge change schedule: a case study of a paint plant in Iran |
| Author(s): | Karimi A; Jahangiri M; Zare Derisi F; Nourozi MA; |
| Address: | "Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health and Nutrition, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran" |
| DOI: | 10.2478/10004-1254-64-2013-2256 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1848-6312 (Electronic) 0004-1254 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "After having revised the change schedule for organic vapour respirator cartridges in a paint plant in Iran, we established that it did not provide adequate protection against organic vapours at some workplaces and needed shortening from (48 to 72) h to 4 h. The revision also showed that relying on odour thresholds as the primary means to determine the time to change a chemical cartridge was not effective and that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) MultiVapor service life software program could be applied to develop cartridge change schedules adjusted to specific workplaces" |
| Keywords: | "Air Filters/*standards Air Pollutants, Occupational/*analysis *Appointments and Schedules Differential Threshold Humans Iran National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S./standards Occupational Exposure/analysis/*prevention & control Odorant;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineKarimi, Ali Jahangiri, Mehdi Zare Derisi, Forough Nourozi, Mohammad Amin eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Croatia 2013/04/16 Arh Hig Rada Toksikol. 2013; 64(1):133-8. doi: 10.2478/10004-1254-64-2013-2256" |
