Section 1 - CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND COMPANY IDENTIFICATION

PRODUCT NAME

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA, YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS

PRODUCT USE

Gram negative rod or ovoid shaped bacillis. Some strains of the bacteria product a heat
stabile enterotoxin (ST). Y.pseudotuberculosis O- group one strains are most frequent
(over 90%) when identified using serologic identification of somatic antigens.

SYNONYMS

Yersiniosis, enterocolitis, pseudotuberculosis, bacteria

Section 2 - HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION

CANADIAN WHMIS SYMBOLS

EMERGENCY OVERVIEW

RISK

POTENTIAL HEALTH EFFECTS

ACUTE HEALTH EFFECTS

SWALLOWED

  Considered an unlikely route of entry in commercial/industrial environments.  

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.