帮助企业（PCBUs）管理工作场所的甲醛风险的一般资料介绍 Formaldehyde general fact sheet - Chinese Simplified

A general fact sheet to help businesses (PCBUs) manage the risks of formaldehyde silica in the workplace.

帮助企业（PCBUs）管理工作场所的甲醛风险的一般资料介绍

Information about Formaldehyde including where it is found, how it is used and how to protect workers from it.

关于甲醛的信息，包括在哪里发现、如何使用、如何保护工人免受其害。

Formaldehyde is a colourless, irritating and unpleasant smelling flammable gas used for embalming or in glues.

甲醛是一种有刺激性和难闻气味的无色易燃气体，用于防腐处理或用于胶水。

Formaldehyde is soluble in water and used as water based solution known as formalin.

甲醛溶于水，用作称为福尔马林的水基溶剂。

Formaldehyde solutions (formalin) are used in hospitals, pathology and anatomy laboratories, and funeral homes for embalming, foundries and leather tanneries.

甲醛溶液（福尔马林）用于医院、病理学实验室和解剖学实验室，并在殡仪馆用于保存遗体，也用于铸造和制革。

Large quantities of formaldehyde-based resins are used as glue for manufacturing wood pressed products such as particleboards and plywood. It is also present in low concentrations in a variety of consumer products.

大量的醛基树脂用作制造刨花板和胶合板等木压制品的粘合剂。它还以低浓度存在于各种消费产品中。

An initial list of 100 priority chemicals was developed based on national and international sources. Formaldehyde ranked first.

根据全国、全世界的资料，制定了一份100种重点化学品的初步清单。甲醛排在第一位。

Read our Formaldehyde Technical Fact Sheet.

请阅读我们的Formaldehyde Technical Fact Sheet。

The potential for harm depends on concentration and duration of use. Exposure can cause:

危害的可能性取决于使用的浓度和时间。暴露会导致下列伤害：

Skin irritations and burns

皮肤刺激和烧伤

You may experience irritation, burns and allergic reactions with direct skin contact

直接接触皮肤可能会出现刺激、灼伤和过敏反应。

Eye, nose and throat irritation

对眼睛、鼻子和喉咙的刺激

You may experience eye, nose and throat irritation through inhalation.

吸入甲醛会对眼睛、鼻子和喉咙产生刺激。

Eye damage

眼部损伤

You may experience serious eye damage with direct eye contact.

直接接触眼睛，会对眼睛造成严重伤害。

Nasal cancers

鼻癌

Exposure to formaldehyde may cause nasal cancers.

接触甲醛可能会导致鼻腔癌。

Protection

保护

Exposure to formaldehyde mainly occurs through inhalation, ingestion or direct contact with the skin or eyes.

甲醛的接触方式主要通过吸入、吞下甲醛，或者甲醛直接接触皮肤或眼睛。

Where possible you should not use formaldehyde, or use other, safer products that don’t contain it.

在可能的情况下，您不应该使用甲醛，而应该使用不含甲醛的其他更安全的产品。

If you have to work with formaldehyde you must:

如果您无法避免跟甲醛打交道，那么您必须做到以下几点：

• use ventilation

• 使用通风设备

• substitute with lower concentration products

• 用低浓度的产品代替

• use tools to avoid skin contact

• 使用工具以避免皮肤接触

• use the right personal protective equipment (PPE), eg respirators, safety goggles, chemical resistant clothing and gloves

• 使用正确的个人防护设备（PPE），例如呼吸器、安全护目镜、防化服和手套等。

• train workers to fit, use and maintain PPE

• 培训工人以装配、使用和维护个人防护设备

• have safety equipment available, eg eye wash and showers

• 准备好安全设备，如洗眼器和淋浴器

• do air monitoring regularly

• 定期进行空气监测

• always follow the advice in safety data sheets and on product labels.

• 始终遵循安全数据表和产品标签上的建议。

In the event of suspected exposure, call the Poisons Information Centre on 131 126.

如果怀疑接触了甲醛，请打电话131 126跟中毒信息中心联系。

Read the formaldehyde technical fact sheet.

阅读甲醛技术资料介绍。

The fact sheet is also available in Arabic, Chinese and Vietnamese.

该资料介绍也有阿拉伯文、中文和越南文版本。

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