Work-Related Asthma Symptoms Correlate with Environmental Measures in a Healthcare Facility

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• Personal Author:
  Cox-Ganser, Jean M. ; Kreiss, Kathleen ; Rao, Carol Y.
• Description:
  In a healthcare facility with two hospitals (A and B), 6 non-latex asthma cases were diagnosed between 1998 and 2000 on hospital A's top floor, which had water incursions during this period. Hospital A had more work-related lower respiratory symptoms, with higher levels on the top floors. Univariate models showed positive associations between lower respiratory symptoms and a number of air, and chair and floor dust analytes including; endotoxin, ultrafine particles, culturable fungi, spore counts, EPS-Pen/Asp, fungal glucans, latex allergen, and cat allergen. In multiple regression models work-related asthma symptoms were associated with subjective assessment for signs of water incursion, ultrafme particles in air, culturable Penicillium/Aspergillus in chair dust, and EPS-Pen/Asp in floor dust. This study contributes to the growing knowledge base in the field of indoor environmental research by showing that there were relationships between work-related asthma symptoms and our indices of exposure to biologicals and particles. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Endotoxins Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Pollution Fungi Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Hypersensitivity Microbiology Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Water Purification

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• Keywords:
  Airborne-dusts Airborne-fibers Airborne-particles Allergens Environmental-exposure Environmental-factors Environmental-hazards Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Microorganisms Nanotechnology Particulate-dust Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Water-analysis

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  91-96
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023405
• Citation:
  Indoor Air 2002 Jun; :91-96
• Email:
  jjc8@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Indoor Air 2002, Proceedings: 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Montery, California, June 30-July 5, 2002
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d10af46bdba7cc632993b30e6278aace267f6dc0e37d16709c2ad8232cfe00fcb83b0038f7e6acaab4bd9bf6846d5855e03862d9b74b4c2e387b8be40a24e0aa
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195852/cdc_195852_DS1.pdf
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