Specifications

1
Langley Memorial Hospital, Formaldehyde Dispensing Station located in Dirty Core, July 12, 2001
Sample
Number
Time (Amount
of Time
Dispensing)
Tissue Type Volume
Formalin
(ml)
Nurse's Name Shift
Length
(hours)
Break
Lengths
(hours)
Gastec Tube
Type
(Formaldehyde)
Reading
(ppm)
1 11:15 (5 sec) uterus 300 Nurse 1 8 1x 0.5 and
2X 0.25
91L <0.2
2 11:40 (5 sec) gallbladder 250 Nurse 2 7.5 1x 0.5 and
2X 0.25
91LL <0.05
3 12:30 (sample) test sample taken 3 cm
above plastic dish
50 None N/A N/A 91LL >1.0
(breakthrough)
4 12:34 (sample) test sample taken 1 cm
above wet cardboard
under dispenser
N/A None N/A N/A 91LL >1.0
(breakthrough)
5 1:25 (5 sec) breast biopsy and node 250 Nurse 2 7.5 1x 0.5 and
2X 0.25
91LL <0.05
6 1:25 (5 sec) breast biopsy 250 Nurse 2 7.5 1x 0.5 and
2X 0.25
91LL <0.05
7 2:07 (2 sec) endometrial (uterine)
curette
100 Nurse 1 8 1x 0.5 and
2X 0.25
91LL <0.05
8 2:22 (2 sec) polyp from anus 70 Nurse3 8 1x 0.5 and
2X 0.25
91LL <0.05
Gastec Detector Tube # 91 L Batch Number 00453 Exp. July 2003; Gastec Detector Tube # 91LL 91220 Exp. Apr. 2003