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I would be concerned about a hospital still using Glut, as I was pretty certain that it had been removed completely over the past five or so years. We did pre-employment paper questionnaire, spirometry and then did again a few weeks post exposure, then at 6 months post exposure, then annually. This was just a paper screen, and if any concerns were identified, we called them in for spirometry. After Glut ceased to be used, we did annual screening for 2 years as many staff insisted on this, and we felt it also would identify any problems with the replacement agent. Ensure that there are robust Risk Assessments in place as well as your job of Health Surveillance - make friends with the Risk Team/Health & Safety Team. The same would go for formaldehyde. Ann Ann Fisher RGN RSCN PG Dip/OH RNT Cert Ed Occupational Health Nurse Adviser Occupational Health Department B Level BNHFT. Tel: 01256 31(4730) Fax: 01256 314738 E-mail: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kay Sent: 04 January 2008 11:58 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] respiratory surveillance Hello all I have recently taken over a department with no-one in post and I am completely new to OH. I am currently looking at respiratory surveillance and have narrowed down my suspect substances to glutaraldehyde and formaldehyde. Does anyone do surveillance for these or are they used in such ways and at such low concentrations as to pose no hazard. If surveillance is done is it by questionnaire or questionnaire + spirometry? I appreciate each workplace is unique, but I would just like an overview of what others do. I work in a hospital so the offending substances are found in X-ray, OT and path lab. Thanks Kay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH JOBS http://OHJobs.drmaze.net OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk