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Personal protective equipment used as sampling methods to assess exposure to bioburden: an added value to be considered?

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dc.contributor.authorViegas, Carla
dc.contributor.authorDias, Marta
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Beatriz
dc.contributor.authorCarolino, Elisabete
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-03T20:14:45Z
dc.date.available2021-03-03T20:14:45Z
dc.date.issued2020-07
dc.descriptionProject nº 23222 (02/SAICT/2016). Project EXPOsE.pt_PT
dc.descriptionProject IPL/2018/WasteFRPD_ESTeSL_Waste Workers’ Exposure to Bio-burden through Filtering Respiratory Protective Devices.pt_PT
dc.description.abstractPersonal protective equipment, such as mechanical protection gloves, is of compulsory use in the Portuguese waste sorting industry. This study intends to assess the bioburden present in this protection equipment and discuss the possibility to be considered as a potential passive sampling method to assess occupational exposure to microbial contamination. The bacterial contamination in the glove samples ranged from 0 CFU.m-2 to uncountable, and the gram-negative bacteria contamination from 2x103 CFU.m-2 to uncountable. Sorting waste and feeding machines with waste (FMW) were the two workstations where gloves presented a higher prevalence of Gram- bacteria. The fungal contamination in the gloves samples ranged from 0 CFU.m-2 to uncountable. The FMW workstation presented the highest bacterial and fungal concentrations. Concerning the gloves wearing time, only a significant, positive, and weak-intensity correlation was detected with the fungal counts on MEA (r = 0.291, p = 0.022). Protection gloves can be used as passive sampling methods to assess occupational exposure to bioburden in the waste-sorting industry. Furthermore, the obtained results can be used to prioritize occupational health interventions and for training and education programs held to workers.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationViegas C, Dias M, Almeida B, Carolino E. Personal protective equipment used as sampling methods to assess exposure to bioburden: an added value to be considered? In: Arezes P, Baptista JS, Barroso MP, Carneiro P, Cordeiro P, Costa N, et al, editors. International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene: proceedings book of the SHO 2020. Guimarães: SPOSHO; 2020. p. 10-3.pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn978-989-54863-0-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/13022
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherPortuguese Society of Occupational Safety and Hygienept_PT
dc.relationProject nº 23222 (02/SAICT/2016)pt_PT
dc.relationProject EXPOsEpt_PT
dc.relationProject IPL/2018/WasteFRPD_ESTeSLpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.sposho.pt/sho2020-pt/pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectOccupational healthpt_PT
dc.subjectOccupational exposurept_PT
dc.subjectGlovespt_PT
dc.subjectBioburdenpt_PT
dc.subjectSampling methodspt_PT
dc.subjectWearing timept_PT
dc.subjectExposure assessmentpt_PT
dc.subjectProject EXPOsEpt_PT
dc.subjectProject nº 23222 (02/SAICT/2016)pt_PT
dc.subjectProject IPL/2018/WasteFRPD_ESTeSLpt_PT
dc.titlePersonal protective equipment used as sampling methods to assess exposure to bioburden: an added value to be considered?pt_PT
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