National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BACTO-PEPTONE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X6031

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 20  
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 1,246 664
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 193 169
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 5,585 4,346
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 7  
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 1,197 925
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 50 50
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 753 532
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 494  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 13  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 3  
TOTAL 9,561 6,685

*(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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