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Occupational Medicine 1996;46:91-92
© 1996 Society of Occupational Medicine

Letter to the Editor

Dealing with Spilt Mercury

M. F. Kulshrestha*, and T. C. Aw{dagger}

* Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital Birmingham, UK
{dagger} Institute of Occupational Health, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

Metallic mercury is used in schools and research laboratories, in medical and scientific departments, in dental surgeries and as a cathode in the electrolysis of brine.1, 2 In ophthalmic theatres it is used in weights which are placed over the eye after a local anaesthetic injection is administered. It is volatile and therefore spilt droplets can pose a hazard to health, especially in a confined space.

Correspondence and reprint requests to: M. Kulshrestha, 36 Over Mill Drive, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7JL UK


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