Glutaraldehyde Monitoring

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Glutaraldehyde – Health Hazards in Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities

Glutaraldehyde is very similar to formaldehyde in its structure and uses in the healthcare industry. Chemically, glutaraldehyde exists at room temperature as a liquid, whereas formaldehyde exists under those conditions as a gas, which can easily be dissolved in water.Glutaraldehyde is often used as a substitute for formaldehyde because formaldehyde is now a suspect cancer-causing substance. ...

Glutaraldehyde in the hospital environment

Glutaraldehyde isfound in the hospital environment at higher concentrations than those to which the general population is exposed.It`s possible adverse health effects are therefore very important to those working in certain parts of hospitals and to ...

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Portable Desktop Glutaraldehyde Meter

Environmental Sensors Co.`s Glutaraldehyde Meter is a portable desktop instrument that measures glutaraldehyde concentration in a range of 0-20 ppm and a resolution of 0.01 ppm. The instrument makes it possible to monitor glutaraldehyde vapor in air. The insturment has an LCD display giving concentrations in ppm every 10 seconds, a low battery indicator, and an audible alarm that can be set at ...