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标题：Safety measures associated with the use of organophosphate insecticides in the Haitian malaria control programme
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作者：McWilson Warren ; Trenton K. Ruebush ; II 等
期刊名称：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
印刷版ISSN：0042-9686
出版年度：1985
卷号：63
期号：2
页码：345-351
语种：English
出版社：World Health Organisation
摘要：A programme emphasizing intensive training, use of protective equipment and uniforms, daily supervision of safety measures at work, and weekly monitoring of blood cholinesterase levels by the tintometric method was instituted to prevent toxicity in Haitian malaria workers during spraying with the organophosphate insecticides fenitrothion and malathion. The programme functioned well, depressed cholinesterase activity (≤ 50% of normal) being detected rapidly prior to the development of serious symptoms. Evidence of fenitrothion overexposure appeared in spraymen early in the first spray cycle, and was associated with faulty protective clothing and a failure to observe strictly the recommended safety measures at work. After these deficiencies were corrected, insecticide application continued without serious incidents or interruption of the programme. No serious reduction of cholinesterase activity was seen in a more limited study of spraymen using malathion. It is strongly recommended that similar training and monitoring programmes should be instituted whenever organophosphate pesticides are used as residual sprays for malaria control. This is particularly important in areas where the more toxic compound, fenitrothion, is to be used. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (771K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 345 346 347 348 349 350 351