National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by Occupation*

Agent Name BACTO-TRYPTONE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X5289

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 209 188
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,045 749
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 594 530
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 35 14
TOTAL 1,883 1,481

*(1) The estimates for each occupation apply across the surveyed industries in which the agent was observed. Not all industries were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed industries. (2) When using the estimates, standard errors associated with estimates should be considered. (3) Potential exposures to a chemical agent are categorized as actual (i.e., the surveyor observed the use of the specific agent) or tradename (i.e., the surveyor observed the use of a tradename product known to contain the specific agent). The estimates presented in the table combine both categories.

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