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K E M 0 R A N D U >! December 14, 1976 TO: Mr. Joe Odom, Personnel 'Manager Air Froduccs and Chemicals, Inc. FROM: Dr. Barkley Eeidleraan jt'L 2T ^76 Dear Jce: We are now set up to dc che examination of the fingernail beds in the laboratory. I suggest that che best way co handle it would be co add another box to che mimeographed slip chat the employees bring to che laboratory, perhaps to read: Fingernail examination. This box could just be checked on men who have been with the Company long enough co oualifv for the six months1 evaluation. Alternatively, it probablv should be checked on everybody who worked with PVC 15 years or more ago. Finally, it also should be done on che men with long-standing liveT function test abnormalities like Panley, Kixnmcns and the rest. I will send a copy of this memo to Drs. Torres and O'Brien in che Lab so that they can instruct their personnel as to whac to do when these guys show up. We will need a number for this test probably under miscellaneous. The next number there would be 648, I guess. Please let us know if all this is all right with you and ve will proceed when the men show up. There vxill be a small professional charge for che pathologist's service in this regard, probably around 3 co 5 bucks. BB/cr cc: Dr. Claudio Torres r'" Laboratory, West Florida Hospital Dr. Michael O'Brien Laboratory, West Florida Hospital Mr. John L'ovak Air Products and Chemicals Box 538 Allentown, Pennsylvania 18105 Tr. Llcyd Tepper Air Products and Chemicals Box 538 Allentown, Pennsylvania 18105 Peggy Pedersen, P..X. AP00030684 MEMORANDUM January 20, 1977 TO: Joseph F. Odom, Personnel Manager Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. FROM: Dr. Barkley Beidleman ' r -J0:r( 2 4 077 "*u First, I want you to know how laudatory the hospital personnel were of Bebe and the Air Products people for the cool efficient way in which the recent emergency was handled from your end. Secondly, I did examine all of the men who had x-rays and lab work. As you know, four were admitted and more of them later. Of all the ones I examined, as named on the list provided to Bebe, there were cwo who had mild inflammation of the soft palate and complained of tern- porary discomfort beneath the lowermost portion of the sternum. However, a thorough examination of the hilar area showed no evidence of tracheobronchial irritation and I did not think they needed to be hospitalized. There was one boy whose name was checked on the list who seemed co be coming down with acute tonsillitis but the remainder of the oropharynx was clear and this had nothing to do with the accident. Chest x*-rays were done on all and Immediate examination showed no evidence of smoke or other damage. The laboratory was instructed to do just the routine liver profile on all these men because they have had no prior exposure to VCM and, making a decision on the spot, I did not think that the special enzyme studies needed co be done in this instance. It is anticipated chat there will be some low back strains, neck discomfort, sprained ankles and so forth. If so, they can be ' referred to their family doctor or to an orthopedist of their choice. I have asked our Department of Orthopedics to let me know if any of them show up there. X hope chat it has been possible co determine how much exposure co vinyl chloride monomer there was so that we can determine whether or not we should proceed wich the follow-up studies recommended on the policy sheet. ? BB/cr XrQ -5 . L_ cl.>u-c c^lU2.(j Cux-aM. 2 AP00030685 January 26, 1977 Cist of New Normal VaLues for SMA 13 and Liver Profile: Calc :.ura 8.5-10.5 In. 1'hos. 2.5-4.5 pluc d>se 65-105 BUN 5-26 Crea :inine 0.5-1.3 Uric Acid 2.5-8.0 Trig yceride 20-200 Choi isterol 150-300 Tota Bilirubin 0.0-1.5 Tota . Protein ALbuciin 6.0-8.0 3.4-4.9 GGTP LAP 5-37 10-30 Alka ine Phosphatase 25-125 CPK 0-95 LDH 0-110 SGOT 0-20 SGPT 0-16 t-E/DL M3/DL M3/DL M&/DL >E/DL >E/DL M3/DL MS/DL M3/DL fE/DL M3/DL IU/L IU/L IU/L IU/L IU/L IU/L IU/L i AP00030686