Establishment of an Aerosol Sampling Protocol Using Passive Air Sampler (PAS) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

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• Personal Author:
  Grinshpun S ; Virkutyte J
• Description:
  This presentation has the following conclusions: 1) Data and insights gained could be further expanded to improve estimates of exposure to particles within a hospital and/or home healthcare setting with heterogeneous compositions of aerosolized particles, particularly in exposure-health outcome studies. 2) Sticky carbon and SEM analytical approach along with ImageJ software guaranteed the accuracy of the measurements. 3) However, speedy calculations and faster acquisition of results from more samples could be improved using automated SEM analysis. 4) Limitations: results were limited to one week in one season and may not represent particle concentrations more generally. 5) No federal reference method (FRM) samples were available in this study for validation of passive sampler results. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Environmental Monitoring Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Aerosol Particles Air Sampling Techniques Health Care Workers Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Publisher:
  University of Cincinnati
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054939
• Citation:
  19th Annual Pilot Research Project Symposium, University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center, October 11-12, 2018, Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati, OH: University of Cincinnati, 2018 Oct; :1-9
• Email:
  virkutje@ucmail.uc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  19th Annual Pilot Research Project Symposium, University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center, October 11-12, 2018, Cincinnati, Ohio
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:20f4bc8254586dead583188342da563b57a8b41073b9729a3490a81d3e11b22f6a55d851d372287650f7c938199f272a80312465a426fd83fb966e5c40e42ac9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217346/cdc_217346_DS1.pdf
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