Bacitracin B:0050 Medical Surveillance: Evaluation by a Qualified Allergist
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B Bacitracin B:0050 Medical Surveillance: Evaluation by a qualified allergist. Kidney function tests. First Aid: In case of large-scale exposure, the directions for Molecular Formula: C H N O S 66 103 17 16 medicines (nonspecific, n.o.s.) would be applied as follows: Synonyms: Ayfivin; Baciguent; Baci-Jel; Baciliquin; Move victim to fresh air; call emergency medical care. If Bacitek ointment; Fortracin; Parentracin; Penitracin; not breathing, give artificial respiration. If breathing is diffi- Topitracin; Zutracin cult, give oxygen. In case of contact with material, immedi- CAS Registry Number: 1405-87-4 ® ately flush skin or eyes with running water for at least RTECS Number: CP0175000 15 min. Speed in removing material from skin is of extreme UN/NA & ERG Number: UN3249 (medicine, solid, toxic, importance. Remove and isolate contaminated clothing and n.o.s.)/151 shoes at the site. Keep victim quiet and maintain normal EC Number: 215-786-2 body temperature. Effects may be delayed; keep victim Regulatory Authority and Advisory Bodies under observation. Listed on the TSCA inventory. Storage: Color Code—Green: General storage may be used. List of Acutely Toxic Chemicals, Chemical Emergency Shipping: The DOT category of medicine, solid, toxic, n.o.s. Preparedness Program (EPA) and formerly on CERCLA/ calls for the label of “POISONOUS/TOXIC MATERIALS.” SARA 40CFR302, Table 302.4 Extremely Hazardous Bacitracin would fall in Hazard Class 6.1 and in Packing Substances List. Dropped from listing in 1988. Group III. Listed on Canada’s DSL List. Spill Handling: Evacuate and restrict persons not wearing WGK (German Aquatic Hazard Class): No value assigned. protective equipment from area of spill or leak until cleanup Description: Bacitracin is a white to light tan powder is complete. Remove all ignition sources. Collect powdered which is odorless or having a slight odor and very bitter material in the most convenient and safe manner and taste. Molecular weight 5 1422.69; Freezing/Melting point: deposit in sealed containers. Ventilate area of spill or leak 221À224 C. Hazard Identification (based on NFPA-704 M after cleanup is complete. It may be necessary to contain Rating System): Health 1, Flammability 1, Reactivity 0. and dispose of this chemical as a hazardous waste. If mate- Highly soluble in water. rial or contaminated runoff enters waterways, notify down- Potential Exposure: Bacitracin is used as an ingredient in stream users of potentially contaminated waters. Contact antibiotic ointments to treat or prevent topical or eye infec- your local or federal environmental protection agency for tions. Commercial Bacitracin is a mixture of at least 9 baci- specific recommendations. If employees are required to tracins. Also used as a feed and drinking water additive in clean up spills, they must be properly trained and equipped. animals; as an additive in food for human consumption. OSHA 1910.120(q) may be applicable. Incompatibilities: Oxidizers, such as peroxides, perchlo- Fire Extinguishing: Use dry chemical, carbon dioxide, rates, chlorates, nitrates, chlorine, bromine, and fluorine. water spray, or polymer foam extinguishers. Poisonous Permissible Exposure Limits in Air gases are produced in fire, including carbon monoxide, No standards or TEEL available. nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides. Small fires: dry chemical, Routes of Entry: Through the skin, inhalation. carbon dioxide, water spray, or foam. Large fires: water Harmful Effects and Symptoms spray, fog, or foam. Move container from fire area if you LD 5 (oral-mouse) 25 mg/kg (highly toxic). This data has 50 can do so without risk. Fight fire from maximum distance. been questioned, however, and it has been stated that as a Save fire control water for later disposal, do not scatter the result of a mathematical miscalculation, bacitracin was material. If material or contaminated runoff enters water- wrongly included in a list of hazardous chemicals drafted ways, notify downstream users of potentially contaminated several years ago by the National Institute of Occupational waters. Notify local health and fire officials and pollution Safety and Health. The mistake was remedied in 1988 when control agencies. From a secure, explosion-proof location, the substance was removed from the EHS list as noted use water spray to cool exposed containers. If employees are above. expected to fight fires, they must be trained and equipped in Short Term Exposure: Bacitracin can be absorbed through OSHA 1910.156. The only respirators recommended for the skin, thereby increasing exposure. May cause eye irrita- firefighting are self-contained breathing apparatuses that tion. Hypersensitivity reactions may result from application have full face-pieces and are operated in a pressure-demand of this compound to the skin but this is uncommon. or other positive-pressure mode. Exposure may cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. References Long Term Exposure: May cause liver damage and skin US Environmental Protection Agency. (October 31, 1985). allergy. Chemical Hazard Information Profile: Bacitracin. Points of Attack: Liver, skin. Sittig’s Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens. DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-7869-4.00002-3 305 © 2012 Richard Pohanish. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 306 Barium Washington, DC: Chemical Emergency Preparedness pigment in paints), chlorine, sodium hydroxide, valves, and Program green flares; in synthetic rubber vulcanization; X-ray diagnos- New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. tic work, glassmaking, papermaking, beet-sugar purification; (March, 1999). Hazardous Substances Fact Sheet: animal and vegetable oil refining. They are used in the brick Bacitracin. Trenton, NJ and tile, pyrotechnics, and electronics industries. They are found in lubricants, pesticides, glazes, textile dyes, and finishes; pharmaceuticals; in cements which will be exposed to saltwater; and barium is used as a rodenticide, a flux for Barium B:0100 magnesium alloys, a stabilizer and mold lubricant in the rub- ber and plastics industries, an extender in paints; a loader for Molecular Formula: Ba paper, soap, rubber, and linoleum; and as a fire extinguisher Synonyms: Bario (Spanish); Barium, elemental; Barium for uranium or plutonium fires. metal Incompatibilities: Barium powder may spontaneously ignite CAS Registry Number: 7440-39-3 on contact with air. It is a strong reducing agent and reacts RTECS® Number: CQ8370000 violently with oxidizers and acids. Reacts with water, form- UN/NA & ERG Number: UN1400/138; UN1854 (alloys, ing combustible hydrogen gas and barium hydroxide. pyrophoric)/135 Reacts violently with halogenated hydrocarbon solvents, EC Number: 231-149-1 causing a fire and explosion hazard. Regulatory Authority and Advisory Bodies Permissible Exposure Limits in Air Air Pollutant Standard Set. See below, “Permissible OSHA PEL: 0.5 mg[Ba]/m3 TWA. Exposure Limits in Air” section. NIOSH REL: 0.5 mg[Ba]/m3 TWA. Water Pollution Standards Set (EPA)[49] (former USSR- ACGIH TLV®[1]: 0.5 mg[Ba]/m3 TWA; not classifiable as UNEP/IRPTC project)[43] (Several States)[61] (Canada) a human carcinogen. (Mexico). NIOSH IDLH: 50 mg Ba/m3. US EPA Hazardous Waste Number (RCRA No.): D005. Protective Action Criteria (PAC) RCRA Toxicity Characteristic (Section 261.24), Maximum TEEL-0: 0.5 mg/m3 Concentration of Contaminants, regulatory level, 100.0 mg/L. PAC-1: 1.5 mg/m3 RCRA, 40CFR261, Appendix 8 Hazardous Constituents, PAC-2: 50 mg/m3 waste number not listed. PAC-3: 50 mg/m3 RCRA Maximum Concentration Limit for Ground Water Soluble compounds only Protection (40CFR264.94), 1.0 mg/L. DFG MAK: 0.5 mg[Ba]/m3, inhalable fraction TWA; Peak RCRA 40CFR268.48; 61FR15654, Universal Treatment limitation II(2); Pregnancy Risk Group D. Standards: Wastewater (mg/L), 1.2; Nonwastewater (mg/L), Australia: TWA 0.5 mg/m3, 1993; Austria: MAK 0.5 mg/m3, 7.6 TCLP. 1993; Belgium: TWA 0.5 mg/m3, 1993; Denmark: TWA RCRA 40CFR264, Appendix 9; TSD Facilities Ground 0.5 mg/m3, 1999; Finland: TWA 0.5 mg/m3, 1999; Hungary Water Monitoring List, Suggested methods (PQL μg/L): STEL 0.5 mg/m3, 1993; the Netherlands: MAC-TGG 0.5 mg/ 6010 (20); 7080 (1000). m3, 2003; the Philippines: TWA 0.5 mg/m3, 1993; Poland: Safe Drinking Water Act: MCL, 2 mg/L; MCLG, 2 mg/L; MAC (time-weighted average) 0.5 mg/m3; MAC (STEL) Regulated chemical (47FR9352). 1.5 mg/m3, 1999; Sweden: TWA 0.5 mg/m3, 1999; EPCRA Section 313 Form R de minimis concentration Switzerland: MAK-week 0.5 mg/m3, 1999; Turkey: TWA reporting level: 1.0%. 0.5 mg/m3, 1993; United Kingdom: LTEL 0.5 mg/m3, 1993; Canada MAC for drinking water quality: 1.0 mg/L. Argentina, Bulgaria, Columbia, Jordan, South Korea, New Mexico, Drinking Water 1.0 mg/L. Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam: ACGIH TLV®: not classifiable WGK (German Aquatic Hazard Class): No value assigned. as a human carcinogen. Several states have set guidelines or Description: Barium is a flammable, silver white or yellow- standards for barium in ambient air[60] ranging from ish metal in various forms including powder. Barium may 0.67 μg/m3 (New York) to 5.0 μg/m3 (Florida and North ignite spontaneously in air in the presence of moisture, Dakota) to 8.0 μg/m3 (Virginia) to 10.0 μg/m3 (Connecticut) evolving hydrogen. Molecular weight 5 137.34; Boiling to 12.0 μg/m3 (Nevada). point 5 1640C; Freezing/Melting point 5 725C; Vapor Determination in Air: Use NIOSH Analytical Methods (IV) pressure 5 10 mmHg at 1049C. Hazard Identification #7056, Barium, soluble compounds. Collection on a cellulose (based on NFPA-704 M Rating System): Health 2, membrane filter, workup with hot water, analysis by atomic Flammability 4, Reactivity 3 (water reactive). absorption. Use NIOSH Analytical Method #8310, Metals in Potential Exposure: Metallic barium is used for removal of urine. OSHA ANALYTICAL METHOD ID-121. residual gas in vacuum tubes and in alloys with nickel, lead, Permissible Concentration in Water: EPA allows 2 ppm.