SPECIFIC MEDICAL TESTS PUBLISHED IN THE LITERATURE
FOR OSHA REGULATED SUBSTANCES

Benzidine
CAS No: 92-87-5
NOTE:
(1) Efficacy of Medical Tests has not been evaluated.
(2) NIOSH references include diagnostic, screening, and other tests.
(3) OSHA mandated medical tests, if any, are provided in BOLD and listed first.
EDITOR(S) / AUTHOR(S)  SPECIFIC MEDICAL TEST(S)  REFERENCE(S) 

US DOL OSHA 
Increased Risk including:
  • Reduced Immunologic Competence 
  • Undergoing treatment with steroids/cytotoxic agents
  • Pregnancy
  • Cigarette smoking

    • Pages 77-78
Code of Federal Regulations. 29 CFR Part 1910 -- Occupational Safety and Health Standards. Part 1910.1010. US GPO. July 1, 2000. Pages 72-78.

US DHHS NIOSH and US DOL OSHA 
Pulmonary Function Tests 
NIOSH/OSHA Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards. DHHS (NIOSH) Pub No. 95-121, 1995. 

US DHHS NIOSH and US DOL OSHA 
Urine tests including:
  • Urinalysis every month (with particular attention to presence of occult blood)
  • Urine cytology every 6 months
  • Cytoscopy as indicated
NIOSH/OSHA Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards. DHHS (NIOSH) Pub No. 95-121, 1995.

US DHHS NIOSH 
Urine (chemical/metabolite)
  • Gas Chromatography With Electron Capture Detector
    • As Conjugates of Benzidine

NIOSH Manual Of Analytic Methods. 4th Edition. NIOSH Pub No. 94-113. 1994. Method No. 8306.

Baselt RC 
Urine (chemical/metabolite) 
Biological Monitoring Methods for Industrial Chemicals.2nd Edition. Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc. 1988. 

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