Eye and skin hydrofluoric acid splashes: About 32 cases rinsed with Hexafluorine®.
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Method: To review all cases of skin or eye splashes due to hydrofluoric acid that happened in the industry. Results: We report here 5 cases of splashes or immersions in a bath, with concentrations raging from 5 to 70% in different companies. Two series of cases were also taken into account:1) 11 cases of splashes happened in a German metallurgy factory between 1994 and 1998 2) In a Swedish factory, from 1998 to 1999, 16 cases of skin and eye splashes happened, including 2 cases of skin splashes (forearm, oral cavity) with 70% hydrofluoric acid. These 32 cases of hydrofluoric acid splashes were rinsed with Hexafluorine®. No serious burn appeared. Neither intensive nor prolonged care were necessary. The majority of the cases did not entail any loss of work
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