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Mercury-Health Care: Operations
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Mercury Reduction
Includes information on all aspects of mercury in health care settings including best management pra...
Mercury Use: Dentists
Part of the Wisconsin Mercury Sourcebook covering mercury use and pollution prevention in dental off...
Mercury Use: Hospitals and Clinics
Part of the Wisconsin Mercury Sourcebook covering mercury use and pollution prevention in hospitals ...
Mercury Use: Nursing Homes
Part of the Wisconsin Mercury Sourcebook covering mercury use and pollution prevention in nursing ho...
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Mercury
Containing Equipment in Medical Institutions
| Equipment |
Use |
Batteries
Mercuric Oxide |
Hearing Aids, Pacemakers,
Defibrillators, Fetal Monitors, Hofler Monitor, Pagers, Picker Caliber,
Spirometer Alarm, Telemetry Transmitter, Temperature Alarm, Blood
Analyzer |
| Thermometers |
Temperature
Measurement |
| Sphgymomanometers |
Blood Pressure |
| Barometers |
Weather Conditions |
Esophageal Dilators
Cantor Tubes
Miller Abbot Tubes
Feeding Tubes |
Hg is used as weight at the bottom of
the tubes |
| Electrical
Instruments |
Laboratory Ovens
(including Microwave Ovens), Nursing Incubators, Room, Temperature
Controllers, Refrigerators, Relays, Switches (no noise switch used in
patient rooms) |
| Lamps |
Fluorescent Lamps, Metal Halide Lamps
High Pressure Sodium Lamps
Ultraviolet Lamps
Cathode Ray tubes |
Analytical
Instruments using
mercury chloride as reagent |
Sequential Multiple
Analyzer (SMAC)
AU 2000 |
| Electron Microscope |
Mercury used as vibration dampener. |
Mercury Products Used in Medical Laboratories
| Test Type |
Reagent |
Mercury |
| Albumin |
|
Thimerosal |
| Drugs of Abuse |
All |
Thimerosal |
Antifungal/Anti-Infectious
/Bacteriostatic Enzyme
/Ammonia |
Merthiolate, Mercury Nitrate, Mercury Iodide |
Thimerosal
(26% of Hg). |
| Herpes EIA |
Buffer |
Thimerosal |
| Cytology |
Mucolex |
Thimerosal |
| Urine Analysis |
>Stabilur Tablets |
Mercuric Oxide |
| Hepatitis B Core |
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Thimerosal |
| Hepatitis B AG & AB |
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Thimerosal |
| Hepatitis C |
|
Thimerosal |
| HIV |
|
Thimerosal |
| CA 125 |
|
Thimerosal |
| Progesterone |
|
Thimerosal |
| Blood Bank Saline |
Immu-sal |
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| Identification of White Cells |
Camco |
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| Clostridium difficile |
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Thimerosal |
| Group A Streptococcus |
|
Thimerosal |
| Giardia |
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Thimerosal |
| Fixatives |
B 5 Fixative, Zenker's Solution,
Helly, Ohlamacher, Carnoy-Lebrun, Shardin |
Mercuric Chloride |
| Histology |
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Mercuric Chloride |
| Harris Hematoxylin |
Mercuric Oxide |
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| Antibacterial Agent |
Mercurochrome |
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Mercurial Diuretic
(known as mercupurin) |
Mercurophyline |
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Flame photomoter
(obsolete use) |
Mercury Sulfate |
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Protain Test
(contain Hydroxyphenol
group) |
Millon's Reagent |
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BUN Test
Enzyme
Non Protein Nitrogen |
Nessler's Solution
Nessler's Solution
Nessler's Solution |
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| Pharmaceutical Preservative |
Phenol Mercuric Acetate |
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| Takata-ara |
Takata's Reagent |
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Mercury
Stains Used in Medical Laboratories
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Test Type |
Stains |
| Microbiology |
Gram Iodine |
| Histology |
Carbol-Fuchin |
| Histology |
Mercury Chloride |
| Histology |
Carbol Gentian Violet |
| Histology |
Gomori's |
| Ganglion Cells |
Cajal's |
| HBFT |
Alum Hematoxylin (Solution A) |
| Use in delineating nerve cells |
Golgi's |
Mercury
Products Used in Dental Clinics
| Chemical |
Use
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| Dental Amalgam |
Dental filling |
Other
Sources of Mercury in Medical Institutions
- Mercury and mercury compound trapped in the sewer traps
during spill
- Incinerators: Mercury is discharged to air while
burning or discharged to water through water scrubber
- Manhole Bottom: Mercury accumulates in the sludge at
the bottom of the manhole
- Cleaning Chemicals
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