Mercury in hospital indoor air
Subtitle: staff and patients at risk
By: study team, Prashant Pastore, Ratna Singh, Dr. Nidhi Jain
Contributors: Singh, Ratna, author; Jain, Nidhi (Environmentalist), author; Toxics Link (Organization : India)
Publisher: Toxics Link
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Other titles: Mercury in hospital air
Description: With reference to Delhi, India.
Notes: "Mercury spills in hospitals, clinics and labs expose doctors, nurses, other health care workers and patients to elemental mercury, a very dangerous substance. Considering that a single broken thermometer is enough to contaminate a 20-acre lake, the magnitude of the problem is evidenced by this study, which shows that a 300-500-bed hospital in Delhi sees 70 thermometer breakages a month, on the average"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online in PDF format from the Toxics Link, home page.