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First insights of Portuguese primary schools’ fungal assessment: is indoor air quality complying with Portuguese legal framework?

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dc.contributor.authorPena, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorCervantes, Renata
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Bianca
dc.contributor.authorDias, Marta
dc.contributor.authorViegas, Carla
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-02T09:30:23Z
dc.date.available2024-04-02T09:30:23Z
dc.date.issued2024-03
dc.descriptionH&TRC authors gratefully acknowledge FCT/MCTES national support through the 2023.01366.BD; UIDB/05608/2020; UIDP/05608/2020, and IPL/2022/InChildhealth/BI/12M. The ESTeSL- Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Saúde de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, national support through IPL/IDI&CA2023/FoodAlleEU; IPL/IDI&CA2023/ASPRisk and IPL/IDI&CA2023/ARAFSawmills.pt_PT
dc.description.abstractThe assessment of Microbial Indoor Air Quality in elementary schools is essential to create healthier school environments and improve children's health outcomes. Portugal only established protection thresholds for microbial exposure, in commercial and service buildings through Portaria nº 138-G/2021, leaving schools neglected for such parameters. Since this legislation has already been proven insufficient for fungal parameters (based on indoor/outdoor ratio) in other critical environments such as healthcare centers, this study aims to assess fungal load compliance in different sites of schools located in the Lisbon area. An active sampling method was applied by collecting air through a MAS-100 device collecting 200L at a flow rate of 100 L/min. Of the 10 schools assessed in a summer campaign, 9 did not comply with the Portuguese legal framework in at least one site (8 out of 10 in the classrooms, 5 out of 7 in the bathroom, 4 out of 9 in the canteen, 4 out of 6 in the gymnasiums, and 3 out of 8 in the library). A critical assessment was performed to identify fungal species listed in this legislation. Although one school complies with the quantitative cut-off (I/O), critical species such as Aspergillus section Circumdati (Aspergillus ochraceus), and Aspergillus section Fumigati (Aspergillus fumigatus) present in this school do not meet the toxigenic species quantitative cut-off. The risk of exposure to pathogenic fungi poses a major public health threat for school-age children impacting not only treatable fungal infections but also students' learning conditions and outcomes.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationPena P, Cervantes R, Gomes B, Dias M, Viegas C. First insights of Portuguese primary schools’ fungal assessment: is indoor air quality complying with Portuguese legal framework? In: ISES Europe 2024 (Europe Regional Chapter of the International Society of Exposure Science), Berlin (Germany), March 19-21, 2024.pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/17238
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relationIPL/2022/InChildhealth/BI/12Mpt_PT
dc.relationIPL/IDI&CA2023/FoodAlleEUpt_PT
dc.relationIPL/IDI&CA2023/ASPRiskpt_PT
dc.relationIPL/IDI&CA2023/ARAFSawmills_ESTeSLpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://ises-europe.org/events/ises-europe-2024pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectExposure assessmentpt_PT
dc.subjectFungal assessmentpt_PT
dc.subjectIndoor airpt_PT
dc.subjectAir qualitypt_PT
dc.subjectPrimary schoolpt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.subjectFCT_UIDB/05608/2020pt_PT
dc.subjectFCT_UIDP/05608/2020pt_PT
dc.subjectIPL/2022/InChildhealth/BI/12Mpt_PT
dc.subjectIPL/IDI&CA2023/FoodAlleEUpt_PT
dc.subjectIPL/IDI&CA2023/ASPRiskpt_PT
dc.subjectIPL/IDI&CA2023/ARAFSawmills_ESTeSLpt_PT
dc.titleFirst insights of Portuguese primary schools’ fungal assessment: is indoor air quality complying with Portuguese legal framework?pt_PT
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