Section 1 - CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION

PRODUCT NAME

KLEBSIELLA SPP.

PRODUCT USE

Small gram negative rods, non- motile and facultatively anaerobic. Bacteria occur singly,
capsulated with very mucoid colonies.

SYNONYMS

K.pneumoniae, "Friedlander's Pneumonia", K.oxytoca, K.azaenae, bacteria

Section 2 - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION

CANADIAN WHMIS SYMBOLS

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW

RISK

POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS

ACUTE HEALTH EFFECTS

EYE

  The dust may produce eye discomfort causing smarting, pain and redness.  

INHALED

  INCUBATION PERIOD:  

CHRONIC HEALTH EFFECTS

  Principal routes of exposure are by skin contact, accidental injection (needle stick), ingestion and/or inhalation of aerosols. Symptoms and longer term effects are related to the pathology of the infection.