Air Quality Control for Hazardous Bio-Material : Automatic Probe Handling, Image Acquisition and Image Analysis
✍ Scribed by Petra Perner
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2007
- Weight
- 642 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-4243
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✦ Synopsis
Airborne microorganisms are ubiquitously present in various indoor and outdoor environments. The potential implication of fungal contaminants in bio-aerosols on occupational health is recognized as a problem in several working environments. There is a concern on the exposure of workers to bio-aerosols especially in composting facilities, in agriculture, and in municipal waste treatment. The European Commission has therefore guiding rules protecting employees in the workplace from airborne biological hazards. In fact, there are an increasing number of incidents of building-related sickness, especially in offices and residential buildings. Some of these problems are attributed to biological agents, especially in relation to airborne fungal spores. However, the knowledge of health effects of indoor fungal contaminants is still limited. One of the reasons for this limitation is that appropriate methods for rapid and long-time monitoring of airborne microorganisms are not available.