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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
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
Analytical
Instruments using
Sequential Multiple
Analyzer (SMAC)
Electron Microscope
Mercury used as vibration dampener.
Mercury Products Used in Medical Laboratories
Test Type Reagent Mercury
Albumin
Thimerosal
Drugs of Abuse
All
Thimerosal
Antifungal/Anti-Infectious
Merthiolate, Mercury Nitrate, Mercury Iodide
Thimerosal
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
Mercurophyline
Flame photomoter
Mercury Sulfate
Protain Test
Millon's Reagent
BUN Test
Nessler's Solution
Pharmaceutical Preservative
Phenol Mercuric Acetate
Takata-ara
Takata's Reagent
Mercury
Stains Used in Medical Laboratories
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
Mercury
Products Used in Dental Clinics
Chemical
Use
Dental Amalgam
Dental filling
Other
Sources of Mercury in Medical Institutions
Mercury and mercury compound trapped in the sewer traps
during spill
Incinerators: Mercury is discharged to air while
burning or discharged to water through water scrubber
Manhole Bottom: Mercury accumulates in the sludge at
the bottom of the manhole
Cleaning Chemicals
