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Hospital environment: a safe place to be when using Portuguese legislation as guidance?

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dc.contributor.authorViegas, Carla
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Beatriz
dc.contributor.authorPaciência, Inês
dc.contributor.authorRufo, João Cavaleiro
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Cristiana
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-17T14:23:03Z
dc.date.available2019-07-17T14:23:03Z
dc.date.issued2019-06
dc.descriptionProject EXPOsE, Project nº 23222 (02/SAICT/2016)pt_PT
dc.description.abstractExposure to bioburden (comprising bacteria and fungi) has become one of the critical issues for occupational and public health approaches in the hospital environment. This study aims to assess the fungal burden in one Central Hospital in Oporto, Portugal, applying the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Portuguese legislation as guidance, verifying both the limit values and the conformity established for general indoor environments. Air samples were collected using a microbiological air sampler in several hospital areas (Day hospital, Internment ward, Operating Room, and Outpatient area). Among the 15 rooms analyzed, 20% (3 out of 15) presented I/O > 1 and 4 out of 15 presented Aspergillus section Fumigati, in a concentration above 12 UFC·m−3. Besides Aspergillus section Fumigati, the sections Nigri, Aspergilli, Usti, and Versicolores were also observed. Qualitative assessment, besides the quantitative, should always be performed to guarantee an accurate assessment, even though the quantitative cut-off complies with the legal requirement. A multi-approach on sampling methods and in assays (culture-based and molecular methods) will enrich data findings, enabling exposure assessors to perform IAQ assessments.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationViegas C, Almeida B, Paciência I, Rufo JC, Pereira C. Hospital environment: a safe place to be when using Portuguese legislation as guidance? In: Cotrim T, Serranheira F, Sousa P, Hignett S, Albolino S, Tartaglia R, editors. Health and social care systems of the future: demographic changes, digital age and human factors – HEPS 2019: advances in intelligent systems and computing (Vol. 1012). Cham: Springer; 2019. p. 230-6.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-24067-7_27pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/10311
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSpringerpt_PT
dc.relationProject EXPOsE, Project nº 23222 (02/SAICT/2016)pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-24067-7_27pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectEnvironmental healthpt_PT
dc.subjectHospitalpt_PT
dc.subjectAirborne fungipt_PT
dc.subjectIndoor airpt_PT
dc.subjectAir qualitypt_PT
dc.subjectQualitative assessmentpt_PT
dc.subjectProject nº 23222 (02/SAICT/2016)pt_PT
dc.subjectProject EXPOsEpt_PT
dc.titleHospital environment: a safe place to be when using Portuguese legislation as guidance?pt_PT
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