TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1975//
TI  - Decontamination procedures for skin exposed to phenolic substances
JO  - Archives of environmental health
A1  - Brown, V. K.
A1  - Box, V. L.
A1  - Simpson, B. J.
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
N2  - Spraying or swabbing with a mixture of polyethylene glycol 300/industrial methylated spirits (PEG-300/IMS) (2:1 by volume) has been shown to substantially reduce mortality, systemic effects, and skin burns resulting from skin contamination by phenol, cumene hydroperoxide, or phenol/acetone cleavage product. The skin-damaging potentials of sodium hydroxide and sulfuric acid have also been investigated. PEG-300/IMS(2:1 by volume) mixture was found, in rats, to be slightly less effective than water as means of decontamination. The PEG-300/IMS mixture has been shown not to cause eye irritation, and so should not present a hazard where this mixture is used as a decontaminant spray.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-9896
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -