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- EXPOsE: establishing protocols to assess occupational exposure to bioburden in clinical environmentsPublication . Viegas, Carla; Almeida, Beatriz; Monteiro, Ana; Paciência, Inês; Rufo, J.; Viegas, SusanaOccupational exposure to bioburden (fungi and bacteria) in the workplaces is a major concern with increased relevance in clinical environments. Clinical settings must provide a clean and safe environment to protect patients and staff from nosocomial infections and occupational diseases. Active and passive sampling methods have been used to characterize occupational exposure to viable bioburden. Personal or stationary sampling of airborne bioburden can be performed to quantify exposure by inhalation but may be influenced by environmental variables, such as seasonal variation and ventilation. Whereas passive-collection methods allow the collection of contamination over a longer period (days, weeks or several months), air samples can only reflect the load of a shorter period (mostly minutes) corresponding to the sampling duration.
- Sampling protocol to assess occupational exposure to bioburden in clinical facilitiesPublication . Viegas, Carla; Almeida, B.; Monteiro, Ana; Paciência, I.; Rufo, J.; Carolino, Elisabete; Viegas, SusanaBioburden (comprising fungi and bacteria) is associated with a wide range of adverse health effects and besides patients, clinical staff is also at risk to be exposed. Most of the studies worldwide focusing on bioburden for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) studies or for occupational exposure assessments purposes rely mostly on air sampling (active methods). In Portugal, occupational health concern has been increasing, and efforts have been made to standardize exposure assessment procedures in occupational environments. However, these are currently not adapted to health care facilities. Therefore, a national and international network - EXPOSE Project - of academic institutions, in direct collaboration with public health institutions, developed a project aiming to propose a sampling protocol to access occupational exposure to bioburden in clinical facilities.