Monitoring of Fungal Spores in an Experimental Indoor Environment to Evaluate Sampling Methods and the Effects of Human Activity on Air Sampling
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Monitoring airborne fungal spores in an experimental indoor environment to evaluate sampling methods and the effects of human activity on air sampling.
Aerobiological monitoring was conducted in an experimental room to aid in the development of standardized sampling protocols for airborne microorganisms in the indoor environment. The objectives of this research were to evaluate the relative efficiencies of selected sampling methods for the retrieval of airborne fungal spores and to determine the effect of human activity on air sampling. Dry ae...
متن کاملThe Monitoring of Fungal Contamination in Indoor Air of Two Hospitals in Shiraz
Introduction: Hospitals, as one of the important elements in the health system, play an important role in patient’s health. Fungi are one of the effective parameters on indoor air quality. This study aimed to compare of fungal contamination of two hospitals in Shiraz City. Materials and Methods: Sampling was conducted based on NIOSH 0800 standard (1.5 meters above the ground level with one sta...
متن کاملEffect of Medicinal Smokes on Reduction of Fungal Indoor Air Contamination
Introduction: As far as application of chemicals as disinfectants may have side effects on human health and causes drug resistance, the topic of herbal and natural products has been investigated in recent researches. Nevertheless, application of medicinal smokes in the treatment of many diseases, including bacterial and infectious diseases has long been popular in Iran. Smoke from the burning o...
متن کاملNewsletter of the Mycological Society of America Limitations and Considerations in Air Sampling
Limitations and Considerations in Air Sampling, Sample Analysis and Result Interpretation for Airborne Mould Spores by Jackson Kung’u Airborne mould material particularly spores are recognized allergens at normal concentrations to an estimated 20% of the population (Kendrick, 2000). It is not always possible to establish a correlation between mould spore counts in the environment and the presen...
متن کاملThe A-bios System for Air Purification from Biological Contaminants in the Indoor Environments
A new easy-to-use air purification system called “A-Bios”, based on UVC radiation with the addition of special graphite filters to eliminate traces of ozone, to be used in the indoor environment has been developed in the framework of the EC financed project “An innovative technology, based on UV radiation, to strongly reduce the microbial activity of the air inside the store rooms of the cultur...
متن کامل