The effects of enhanced formaldehyde clearance in a gross anatomy laboratory by floor plan redesign and dissection table adjustment.

ABSTRACT: Formaldehyde has carcinogenic properties. It is associated with nasopharyngeal cancer and causes irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, and respiratory system. Formaldehyde exposure is a significant health concern for those participating in the gross anatomy laboratory, but no learning method can substitute cadaver dissection. We performed a formaldehyde level study in 2018, which found that most of the breathing zone (S-level) and environment (R-level) formaldehyde levels during laboratory sessions at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital exceeded international ceiling standards. In the academic year 2019, we adapted the engineering rationale of the NIOSH hierarchy of controls to facilitate formaldehyde clearance by opening the dissection table covers and increasing the area per dissect

SUBMITTER: Durongphan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10106273 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature