Abstract :
Air pollution can be caused by vehicle exhaust that produces carbon
monoxide gas. Carbon monoxide produced from repaired vehicle engines risks
workshop workers. Carbon monoxide enters the human body will react with
hemoglobin and carboxyhemoglobin is formed. This study aims to describe the
carboxyhemoglobin in the blood of workshop workers who have smoking habits.
This research method is a literature study including a review of papers,
published scientific journals, theses and theses with the theme carboxyhemoglobin
in the blood of workers exposed to carbon monoxide. Respondents in this study
were workshop workers. The data used in this study were sourced from scientific
journals in the last 10 years.
The results obtained amount of carboxyhemoglobin levels in smokers and
non-smokers who meet the requirements according to the American Conference
of Governmental Industrial Hygienist (ACGIH), which is less than 3.5%.
The conclusion of this study is that carboxyhemoglobin levels do not meet
more requirements than carboxyhemoglobin levels meet requirements, workers
who have more smoking habits than non-smokers, workers who have a smoking
habit have carboxyemoglobin levels do not meet more requirements than those
who meet the requirements, nonsmokers have carboxyhemoglobin levels which
qualify more than those who do not. The smoking habit causes the body to be
exposed to carbon monoxide which then binds with hemoglobin to form COHb in
the blood in the workshop workers