SPECIFIC MEDICAL TESTS PUBLISHED IN THE LITERATURE
FOR OSHA REGULATED SUBSTANCES

Ethylene oxide
CAS No: 75-21-8
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 
Complete Blood Count including:
  • White cell count (including differential cell count)
  • Red cell count
  • Hematocrit
  • Hemoglobin

    • Page 338
Code of Federal Regulations. 29 CFR Part 1910 -- Occupational Safety and Health Standards. Part 1910.1047. US GPO. July 1, 2000. Pages 333-354.

US DHHS NIOSH and US DOL OSHA 
Pulmonary Function Tests 
NIOSH/OSHA Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards. DHHS (NIOSH) Pub No. 88-118,  1988. 

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

Proctor NH, Hughes JP 
Complete Blood Count 
Chemical Hazards of the Workplace. JB Lippincott Company. 1978. 

Proctor NH, Hughes JP 
Chest X-ray 
Chemical Hazards of the Workplace. JB Lippincott Company. 1978. 

Linch AL 
Expired Air 
Biological Monitoring for Industrial Chemical Exposure Control. CRC Press. 1974. 

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