Alternatively, the material may be old or may have decomposed during shipping or storage. In either case, the information on the MSDS may not apply, and you should obtain additional advice. Workplace hazards can have serious effects on the body, both immediate and long-term, referred to as acute and chronic. Acute effects appear immediately after exposure to high levels of a toxic substance and may be treatable. The sudden collapse of a worker after being exposed to carbon monoxide, for example, is an acute effect.
They can occur when the body attempts to repair itself or compensate for acute effects of a substance. For example, cancer is a chronic effect, as is the lung scarring caused by silica dust or the hearing damage caused by excessive noise. Exposure limits have been developed for various hazardous materials to protect workers, but they should not be treated as a fine line between safe and unsafe workplaces.
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Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Injections can also occur through high pressure streams of liquids or gases. Injection is not a common route of entry.
Prevention - Cautious use of any sharp object is important. Know proper storage, handling and disposal procedures when using syringe needles, glassware or other potentially sharp objects. Wearing gloves and other protective clothing may also reduce the possibility of injection.
Managing Facilities. How Chemicals Enter the Body. Our manual handling course will give participants a basic understanding of the factors necessary to ensure their own safety and that of their work colleagues. This manual handling training course is based upon the principles of safe moving and handling of loads known as the 'kinetic' approach to manual handling. At the conclusion of the course, delegates will have an understanding of safe manual handling principles and possess the skills to avoid the dangers to health of careless and unskilled manual handling operations.
A permit to work system ensures that formal validation and authority is given when hazardous work is to be undertaken. It ensures that all components of a safe system of work are established before high risk work commences, thereby controlling and reducing risk to individuals and the organisation.
The permit to work is also a means of communication and control between site managers, supervisors, contractors and those carrying out the hazardous work.
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The possibility of exposure by this route may be reduced by not eating, drinking, smoking, or storing food in the laboratory, and by washing hands thoroughly after working with chemicals, even when gloves were worn. Direct ingestion may occur as a result of the outdated and dangerous practice of mouth pipetting. In the event of accidental ingestion, immediately go to McCosh Health Center or contact the Poison Control Center, at for instructions.
Do not induce vomiting unless directed to do so by a health care provider. The final possible route of exposure to chemicals is by injection. Injection effectively bypasses the protection provided by intact skin and provides direct access to the bloodstream, thus, to internal organ systems. Injection may occur through mishaps with syringe needles, when handling animals, or through accidents with pipettes, broken glassware or other sharp objects that have been contaminated with toxic substances.
If injection has occurred, wash the area with soap and water and seek medical attention, if necessary. Cautious use of any sharp object is always important. Substituting cannulas for syringes and wearing gloves may also reduce the possibility of injection. How a chemical exposure affects a person depends on many factors.
The dose is the amount of a chemical that actually enters the body. The actual dose that a person receives depends on the concentration of the chemical and the frequency and duration of the exposure. The sum of all routes of exposure must be considered when determining the dose. In addition to the dose, the outcome of exposure is determined by 1 the way the chemical enters the body, 2 the physical properties of the chemical, and 3 the susceptibility of the individual receiving the dose.
The toxic effects of a chemical may be local or systemic. Local injuries involve the area of the body in contact with the chemical and are typically caused by reactive or corrosive chemicals, such as strong acids, alkalis or oxidizing agents. Systemic injuries involve tissues or organs unrelated to or removed from the contact site when toxins have been transported through the bloodstream.
For example, methanol that has been ingested may cause blindness, while a significant skin exposure to nitrobenzene may effect the central nervous system. Certain chemicals may affect a target organ. For example, lead primarily affects the central nervous system, kidney and red blood cells; isocyanates may induce an allergic reaction immune system ; and chloroform may cause tumors in the liver and kidneys. It is important to distinguish between acute and chronic exposure and toxicity.
Acute toxicity results from a single, short exposure. Effects usually appear quickly and are often reversible. Chronic toxicity results from repeated exposure over a long period of time.
Effects are usually delayed and gradual, and may be irreversible. For example, the acute effect of alcohol exposure ingestion is intoxication, while the chronic effect is cirrhosis of the liver. Acute and chronic effects are distinguished in the MSDS, usually with more information about acute exposures than chronic.
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