A computerized method for environmental gas analysis in the hospital setting

Due to the obligation to employee health and OSHA´s ever decreasing permissible exposure limits (PELS) for hazardous gases, it has become imperative that hospitals institute an effective and accurate method for gas analysis while adhering to time and budget restraints. Some of the most frequently monitored gases in the hospital environment are ethylene oxide (EtO), nitrous oxide, halothane, xylene, and formaldehyde. With toxic gases such as EtO, it is critical to obtain consistent, fast, and accurate gas levels. With little expense, one can interface the analog output of most analyzers with a small computer to not only increase reading accuracy for part per million (p.p.m.) gas levels but also provide multigas analysis and archiving of data for and report documentation.<>