I think that OSHA says that you must have 2 acceptable monitoring sessions. After that, you do not have to monitor again unless there is a change in method or environment that may impact ventilation/exposure.
We just moved into a new lab last December and have had to monitor about 6 times now before they were all acceptable. We will wait a month or two then monitor again. Tom McNemar, HT(ASCP) Histology Co-ordinator Licking Memorial Health Systems (740) 348-4163 (740) 348-4166 tmcne...@lmhealth.org www.LMHealth.org -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu]on Behalf Of Knutson, Deanne Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:18 PM To: 'histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu' Subject: [Histonet] New Lab Monitoring Fellow Histonetters, I am interested to hear your process in monitoring a new lab for formaldehyde, xylene, etc.... We are moving our lab into a different area of the hospital. So we will be monitoring for xylene and formaldehyde. Does anyone monitor for alcohols also? If all monitors turn out within acceptable numbers, does the monitor need to be repeated or are we good? Thank you in advance for your help and I look forward to reading with interest on how others have completed this. Deanne Knutson Anatomic Pathology Supervisor St. Alexius Medical Center 900 E. Broadway Bismarck, North Dakota 58506 (701)-530-6730 dknut...@primecare.org <mailto:dknut...@primecare.org> _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet