Vacuuming a mercury-contaminated dental office may be hazardous to your health.

The Dental assistant Pub Date : 1991-01-01
A L Votaw, J Zey
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Exposure to mercury contamination in the dental office poses a potential hazard for dental personnel. Although many precautions for containing the poisonous metal vapors are routinely observed, dental personnel may place themselves at risk by failing to use proper cleaning techniques. Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have discovered that vacuum cleaners designed for the home are sometimes used to clean dental office carpets, which might be contaminated with mercury. Since ordinary vacuum cleaners increase airborne mercury concentrations, dental personnel should use a specially designed vacuuming system for mercury recovery.

用吸尘器清扫被汞污染的牙科诊所可能对你的健康有害。
在牙科诊所接触汞污染对牙科人员构成潜在危害。虽然有许多防止有毒金属蒸气的常规措施,但牙科人员可能会因为没有使用正确的清洁技术而使自己处于危险之中。美国国家职业安全与健康研究所(NIOSH)的研究人员发现,为家庭设计的吸尘器有时被用来清洁牙科诊所的地毯,这些地毯可能被汞污染了。由于普通的真空吸尘器会增加空气中的汞浓度,牙科人员应该使用专门设计的真空系统来回收汞。
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