Instruments and Products Used in Hospitals that May Contain Mercury

Thermometers
- Body temperature thermometers
- Clerget sugar test thermometers
- Heating and cooling system thermometers
- Incubator/water bath thermometers
- Minimum/maximum temperature thermometers
- National Institute of Standards and Technology calibration thermometers
- Tapered bulb (armored) thermometers
Sphygmomanometers
Gastrointestinal tubes
- Cantor tubes
- Esophageal dilators (bougie tubes)
- Feeding Tubes
- Miller Abbott tubes
Dental amalgam
Pharmaceutical supplies
Contact lens solutions and other ophthalmic products containing thimerosal, phenylmercuric nitrate
Diuretics with mersalyl and mercury salts
Early pregnancy test kits with mercury-containing preservative
Merbromin/water solution
Nasal spray with thimerosal, phenylmercuric acetate or phenylmercuric nitrate
Vaccines with thimerosal (primarily in hemophilus, hepatitis, rabies, tetanus, influenza, diphtheria and pertussis vaccines)
Cleaners and degreasers with mercury-contaminated caustic soda or chlorine
Batteries (medical use)
- Alarms
- Blood analyzers
- Defribrillators
- Hearing aids
- Meters
- Monitors
- Pacemakers
- Pumps
- Scales
- Telemetry transmitters
- Ultrasound
- Ventilators
Batteries (non-medical use)
Lamps
- Fluorescent
- Germicidal
- High-intensity discharge (high pressure sodium, mercury vapor, metal halide)
- Ultraviolet
Electrical equipment
- Tilt switches
- Float control
- Septic tanks
- Sump pumps
Thermostats (non-digital)
Pressure gauges
- Barometers
- Manometers
Vacuum gauges