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When mercury filled thermometers break, the mercury is released. Mercury is toxic to people, pets and the environment. There is a long history of mercury from broken thermometers and other medical devices being improperly dealt with, or even ignored. Since there are adequate replacements for mercury thermometers, OSHA, EPA, AMA and others discourage the use of mercury thermometers and encourage their replacement with thermometers using other technologies.
Sphygmomanometers are used to check a patient's blood pressure. A sphygmomanometer is also simply called a blood pressure cuff.
you use a sphygmomanometer and a stethoscope
Doctors, Medical assistants, nurses etc.
'Courage' is the antonym for the word 'Discourage'.
You mean A sphygmomanometer is a device that use to measure blood pressure
In medical situations that can produce sharps OSHA does require their availability and use.
It is used by doctors or nurses to measure the blood pressure of any individual.
We use it mainly because of the history of the instrument. Hg includes the value of millimeters of mercury (mmHg) in a mercury column as the universal units for recording blood pressure, whatever the device. We don't use mercury any more because it is so toxic but the units still remain even when using another type.
to make sure that your blood pressure is not above or below the normal rate.
OSHA does not define the word "accident" and does not use it in its regulations.
No known adverse reactions have been reported with osha.