Évaluation de l'exposition au tétrachloréthylène et de son retentissement clinique au sein d'une population de 50 employés de pressing

For collective and individual prevention, improvements on technical operations (sludge scraping, filter cleaning, perchloroethylene test) emerge from the analysis. The repetition of perchloroethylene exposure peaks does not cause excess exposure than recommended. The clinical examination can be used in the follow-up of subacute exposures but must be combined with biometrics for chronic exposures. Particular attention should be paid to women of childbearing age with information concerning the risks. The small size of our study allows us to make these assumptions without being however able to assert them.