CDC Surveys Leftover Anesthetic Gases' Impact on Medical Workers
Published Date: 6/16/2025
Notice
Summary
The CDC wants your thoughts on a new survey about healthcare and veterinary workers’ exposure to leftover anesthetic gases at work. They’re checking how these gases might affect workers’ health and figuring out ways to keep them safer. This is a chance for the public and agencies to weigh in before the plan moves forward, with no immediate costs but important health benefits down the road.
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Survey of Anesthetic Gas Exposures
If you work in a postanesthetic care unit (PACU) or a veterinary hospital, the CDC plans a survey to measure exposure to waste anesthetic gases and to study related acute health effects. The CDC will use the results to recommend control measures to reduce those exposures, and the notice invites public and agency comment on the proposed information collection.
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