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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Jan 1980
Comparative StudySister chromatid exchanges in lymphocytes in operating room personnel.
Sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) and sister chromatid exchange points (SCE-points) were counted in lymphocytes in peripheral blood drawn from hospital personnel exposed to anesthetics as well as from persons not exposed. A total of 38 healthy persons were investigated, representing female nurse anaesthetists, male physicians practising anaesthesia, female nurses from the intensive care unit, and female secretaries. ⋯ Correlation of cigarette smoking and number of SCE could not be demonstrated (r=0.255, n=38). It was concluded that by this method there was no indication of a mutagen effect of long-term exposure to waste anaesthetic gases such as halothane and nitrous oxide.