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
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Health-care-facilities
  • Health-care-personnel
  • Pulmonary-system-disorders
  • Fungi
  • Allergens
  • Water-analysis
  • Airborne-dusts
  • Airborne-fibers
  • Airborne-particles
  • Particulate-dust
  More +
• 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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195852/cdc_195852_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 790.76 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d10af46bdba7cc632993b30e6278aace267f6dc0e37d16709c2ad8232cfe00fcb83b0038f7e6acaab4bd9bf6846d5855e03862d9b74b4c2e387b8be40a24e0aa