Preliminary results concerning school staff personal exposure to microbial load: worry to be considered?

• Autor(es): Pena, Pedro ; Cervantes, Renata ; Dias, Marta ; Gomes, Bianca ; Riesenberger, Bruna ; Marques, Liliana ; Rodriguez, Margarida ; Viegas, Carla
• Data: 2024
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/17650
• Origem: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
• Assunto(s): Occupational health; Occupational exposure; Primary school; Bacteria; Fungi; Teachers; School staff; Portugal; FCT/MCTES/FSE/UE, 2023.01366.BD; UI/BD/153746/2022; CE3C unit UIDB/00329/2020; UI/BD/151431/2021; IPL/2022/InChildhealth/BI/12M; IPL/IDI&CA2023/FoodAIIEU_ESTeSL; IPL/IDI&CA2023/ASPRisk_ESTeSL; IPL/IDI&CA2023/ARAFSawmills_ESTeSL; FCT_UIDP/05608/2020; FCT_UIDB/05608/2020
• Tipo de Documento: Objeto de conferência
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): RCIPL

Descrição

Why is it important to assess indoor air quality in schools? Is Portugal addressing educators’ health risks? Do the current guidelines cover school workers too? This study aims to provide a first insight into the personal exposure of teachers and school staff to bacteria and fungi in primary schools in Portugal.