Module 3: Toxicology - Section 10: Toxic Gases
TOX 10.1: Overview

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

By the end of this module

  1. You should have an understanding of the general features of the occupational hazards posed by gases.
  2. Have an approach to preventing gaseous hazards.
  3. Have an approach to clinical management of workers affected by gaseous hazards.
The depth of the material is at the basic level.

ACTIVITIES:

  1. Background:
    Revise your understanding of what a gas is and how it differs from other inhalants. You should be totally familiar with the contents of La Dou, Table 33-1.
  2. These notes will cover a classification of hazardous gases and some generic features. Specific gases are then covered under the headings: sources of exposure, effects, clinical investigations and treatment, and controls. Revise these notes.

EXERCISES:

  1. Answer the questions embedded in these notes.
  2. Do the assignment on Toxic Gases.

REFERENCES:

  1. Occupational and Environmental Medicine,. La Dou J. 33, pp. 571-583. Gases and other inhalants. The notes partly follow this approach but are drawn from other sources. The chapter will fill out the lecture.



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Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Health (DOH) - Modules 3: Occupational Medicine & Toxicology (Basic) by Profs Mohamed Jeebhay and Rodney Ehrlich, Health Sciences UCT is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 South Africa License. Major contributors: Mohamed Jeebhay, Rodney Ehrlich, Jonny Myers, Leslie London, Sophie Kisting, Rajen Naidoo, Saloshni Naidoo. Source available from here. For any updates to the material, or more permissions beyond the scope of this license, please email healthoer@uct.ac.za or visit www.healthedu.uct.ac.za. Last updated Jan 2007.
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