Mercury-free Colorado Campaign
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

If you have any questions or comments on alternatives to mercury or would like more information on the mercury campaign, please contact us at cdphe.hmmercury@state.co.us.