Exposure of medical personnel to methylmethacrylate vapor during percutaneous vertebroplasty

Authors
Cloft, HJ Easton, DN Jensen, ME Kallmes, DF Dion, JE
Citation
Hj. Cloft et al., Exposure of medical personnel to methylmethacrylate vapor during percutaneous vertebroplasty, AM J NEUROR, 20(2), 1999, pp. 352-353
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging","Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
ISSN journal
01956108 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
352 - 353
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(199902)20:2<352:EOMPTM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The occupational exposure to methylmethacrylate (MMA) vapor during percutan eous vertebroplasty was determined. During five vertebroplasty procedures, air-sampling pumps were attached to medical personnel, MMA vapor levels in the samples were then quantified using gas chromatography, The samples coll ected yielded MMA vapor levels of less than five parts per million (ppm), T he MMA vapor concentrations measured were well below the recommended maximu m exposure of 100 ppm over the course of an 8-hour workday.