Standard Practice for Personal Sampling and Analysis of Endotoxin in Metalworking Fluid Aerosols in Workplace Atmospheres

Importancia y uso:

5.1 Endotoxins in metalworking fluid aerosols present potential respiratory health hazards to workers who inhale them. Therefore, a consensus standard is needed to provide reliable data on workplace airborne endotoxin concentrations where metalworking fluids are used.

5.2 This practice for measuring airborne endotoxin concentrations in metalworking fluid atmospheres will help to foster a better understanding of endotoxin exposure-response relationships.

5.3 This practice facilitates comparisons of interlaboratory data from methods and field investigative studies.

Subcomité:

E34.50

Referida por:

E2889-23, E2523-23, E2169-22, E1497-23, E2148-21

Volúmen:

11.03

Número ICS:

13.040.30 (Workplace atmospheres)

Palabras clave:

aerosol sampling; airborne endotoxin; depyrogenation; endotoxin; endotoxin assay; endotoxin units (EU); extraction methods; Gram-negative bacteria; Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) assay; metal removal fluids; metalworking fluid aerosols; metalworking fluids; sampling and analysis; workplace atmospheres;