ANITA FITRIA, 021011044 (2013) GAMBARAN KONSENTRASI COBALT DALAM DARAH DIKAITKAN DENGAN PELAKSANAAN KESEHATAN DAN KESELAMATAN KERJA PADA TEKNIKER DI SURABAYA. Skripsi thesis, UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA.

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Abstract

Background The use of heavy metal in dentistry that is usually for removable partial denture contains 60% of cobalt. Cobalt is one of the materials with high toxicity in large dose, it can also lead to severe clinical manifestation. Cobalt can get into the body trough inhalation, ingestion, or direct contact with the skin. The concentration of cobalt that is higher or around 1,0 μg/L in blood indicated some probability of exposure from environtment. Based on the result of preliminary experiment that had been done in May 6th, 2013 in Balai Besar Laboratorium Kesehatan Surabaya, it showed 96,7% from the respondents had a higher concentration of cobalt in blood than normal. Dental technician are exposed by particulate of heavy metals cobalt into the body due to lack of operational standart procedure that is used by dental technician. Purpose The aim of this study was to fund the level of cobalt in dental technicianassociated with the implementation of personal protective equipment. Material & method 30 blood sample were collected from the dental technician in Surabaya. The samples measured by spectrofotometri absorbtion atom graphite furnace methods. Mean was used to se the average range of cobalt concentration associated with personal protective equipment. Result Dental techinician had a higher concentration of heavy metal cobalt in blood than the normal average.

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