1. Equipment Containing Mercury used in
Treatment/Surgery Rooms |
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2. Mercury Products used in
Treatment/Surgery Rooms |
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1. Equipment Containing Mercury used in Treatment/Surgery Rooms
Equipment | Use
Batteries
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Hearing Aids
| Pacemakers Defibrillators Fetal Monitors Hofler Monitor Thermometers
| Temperature Measurement
| Sphgymomanometers
| Blood Pressure
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Esophageal Dilators
| Cantor Tubes Miller Abbot Tubes Feeding Tubes Hg is used as weight at the bottom of the tubes
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Lamps
| Fluorescent Lamps
| Metal Halide Lamps High Pressure Sodium Lamps Ultraviolet Lamps Cathode Ray tubes |
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Use | Product | Mercury |
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Antifungal/Anti-Infectious
/Bacteriostatic Enzyme /Ammonia | Merthiolate
Mercury Nitrate Mercury Iodide | Thimerosal
(26% of Hg) | |
Antibacterial Agent | Mercurochrome |