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Abstract(s)
Introduction: While better waste management is viewed as a critical contributor to reducing health outcomes and harmful environmental impacts, microbiological occupational exposure in the waste management industry is often overlooked, resulting in detrimental health effects on employees. Some waste workers, such as garbage collectors and truck drivers transporting the residential waste, spend part of their shift in a truck cabin and part of it in a workplace where organic materials are processed. The aim of this study was to investigate the Aspergillus spp. contamination present in 32 waste collection trucks (WCT).
Description
EEA Grants Project “EXPOGreen FBR38”.
Project “Occupational exposure of ambulance drivers to bioburden” (IPL/2020/BIO-AmbuDrivers_ESTeSL).
FCT_UIDB/05608/2020. FCT_UIDP/05608/2020.
Project “Occupational exposure of ambulance drivers to bioburden” (IPL/2020/BIO-AmbuDrivers_ESTeSL).
FCT_UIDB/05608/2020. FCT_UIDP/05608/2020.
Keywords
Occupational health Occupational exposure Waste sorting industry Aspergillus Collection truck Project “Occupational exposure of ambulance drivers to bioburden” IPL/2020/BIO-AmbuDrivers_ESTeSL FCT_UIDB/05608/2020 FCT_UIDP/05608/2020
Citation
Dias M, Pena P, Cervantes R, Gomes B, Caetano LA, Viegas C. Aspergillus distribution on waste collection trucks. In: 10th Advances Against Aspergillosis and Mucormycosis [online], February 2-3, 2022. poster 59.