Sampling airborne microorganisms.

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• Personal Author:
  Chatigny MA
• Description:
  A rationale for the selection of samplers for the measurement of airborne microbes in work environments was presented. A list of the most widely used samplers and their applications was provided. The sampling of airborne microbes differed from ordinary particulate sampling only in the determination of the viability of microbes. Much of the technology of sampling airborne microbes was developed by medical researchers who were concerned with both the viability and the infectivity of the airborne microbes. Virtually every operation with a suspension of microbes in research or clinical microbiology laboratories was demonstrated to produce an aerosol with respirable particles, and laboratory infections have been reported with every pathogenic agent studied. Factors that should be considered in the selection of a microbial aerosol sampler were discussed. The special conditions required for collection of viral particles were discussed, and sampling as well as assay methods for the sampling of aerosols containing viruses were described. The author concludes that any particulate aerosol sampler may serve as a microbial aerosol sampler in certain applications, but recommends that any sampler selected be calibrated with laboratory generated aerosols closely simulating those to be sought.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Asbestos Dust Environmental Pollution Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-monitoring Air-sampling Bacteria Microorganisms Occupational-exposure Pulmonary-system-disorders Sampling-methods Workplace-studies
• Publisher:
  Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Chapter
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  89-101
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00171281
• Citation:
  Occupational respiratory diseases. Merchant, James A., Bochlecke BA, Taylor G, eds. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 86-102, 1986 Sep; :89-101
• Editor(s):
  Merchant, James A. ; Bochlecke BA ; Taylor G
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational respiratory diseases
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:feebdaaaa4521d26c6587a3cff6b77b927e0884ed64a496bf0647a0113ce81ed7393fb84e4fd65cb58a4f9663883657d13ab5eccfffaafc1d1450ef00bc0fffb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179988/cdc_179988_DS1.pdf
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