Many of the mercury containing products and equipment in a
hospital
pass through the nurses' stations before reaching their
final destinations.
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1. Mercury Containing Equipment in Medical Institutions
| Equipment | Use
Batteries
|
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 dampner.
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2. Mercury Containing Equipment used in Medical Laboratories
| Equipment | Use
Batteries | Blood Analyzer
| Electrical Instruments | Laboratory Ovens
| Refrigerators Analytical Instruments using
| mercury chloride as reagent Sequential Multiple Analyzer (SMAC) | AU 2000 Electron Microscope
| Mercury used as vibration dampner.
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| 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 | Thimerosal | |
| Hepatitis B AG & AB | Thimerosal | |
| Hepatitis C | Thimerosal | |
| HIV | Thimerosal | |
| CA 125 | Thimerosal | |
| Progesterone | Thimerosal | |
| Blood Bank Saline | Immu-sal | |
| Identification of White Cells | Camco | |
| Clostridium difficile | Thimerosal | |
| Group A Streptococcus | Thimerosal | |
| Giardia | Thimerosal | |
| Fixatives | B 5 Fixative Zenker's Solution Helly Ohlamacher Carnoy-Lebrun Shardin | Mercuric Chloride |
| Histology | Mercuric Chloride | |
| Harris Hematoxylin | Mercuric Oxide | |
| Antibacterial Agent | Mercurochrome | |
| Mercurial Diuretic (known as mercupurin) | Mercurophyline | |
| Flame photomoter (obsolete use) | Mercury Sulfate | |
| Protain Test (contain Hydroxyphenol group) | Millon's Reagent | |
| BUN Test Enzyme Non Protein Nitrogen | Nessler's Solution Nessler's Solution Nessler's Solution | |
| Pharmaceutical Preservative | Phenol Mercuric Acetate | |
| Takata-ara | Takata's Reagent |
| 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 |
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