TY - CONF
T1 - Electrostatic dust cloth
T2 - 17th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2022
AU - Cervantes, Renata
AU - Gomes, Bianca
AU - Dias, Marta
AU - Caetano, Liliana Aranha
AU - Viegas, Carla
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by national funds through FCT by the PhD Grant UI/BD/151431/2021 and by Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal through the IPL/2020/BIO-AmbuDrivers_ESTeSL. H&TRC authors gratefully acknowledge the FCT/MCTES national support through the UIDB/05608/2020 and UIDP/05608/2020.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 17th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, INDOOR AIR 2022. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Nowadays a new collection method, the electrostatic dust cloth (EDC) has been used for microbial assessments. The study aimed to characterize the potential of EDC as a passive sampling method to identify critical indoor environments regarding exposure to fungal contamination. Twelve primary health care centers (PHCC), 12 ambulances, 11 firefighters headquarters (FFH) and 2 central hospitals (CH) were assessed through EDC. In urban PHCC and CH, the matrix showed the highest fungal contamination. Aspergillus sections were found in FFH, CH and in PHCC. Regarding azole resistance screening, Aspergillus sp. was identified in EDC from FFH. Additionally, EDC to assess mycotoxins in samples from CH, ambulances and FFH. Overall, the obtained results emphasize EDC as a valuable passive sampling method for exposure assessment to fungal contamination.
AB - Nowadays a new collection method, the electrostatic dust cloth (EDC) has been used for microbial assessments. The study aimed to characterize the potential of EDC as a passive sampling method to identify critical indoor environments regarding exposure to fungal contamination. Twelve primary health care centers (PHCC), 12 ambulances, 11 firefighters headquarters (FFH) and 2 central hospitals (CH) were assessed through EDC. In urban PHCC and CH, the matrix showed the highest fungal contamination. Aspergillus sections were found in FFH, CH and in PHCC. Regarding azole resistance screening, Aspergillus sp. was identified in EDC from FFH. Additionally, EDC to assess mycotoxins in samples from CH, ambulances and FFH. Overall, the obtained results emphasize EDC as a valuable passive sampling method for exposure assessment to fungal contamination.
KW - Electrostatic dust cloth
KW - Fungal assessment
KW - Occupational exposure
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M3 - Paper
AN - SCOPUS:85159169055
Y2 - 12 June 2022 through 16 June 2022
ER -