Encontrados 2 documentos, a visualizar página 1 de 1
Settled dust assessment in clinical environment: useful for the evaluation of a...
Viegas, Carla; Almeida, Beatriz; Monteiro, Ana; Paciência, Inês; Rufo, João Cavaleiro; Carolino, Elisabete; Gomes, Anita Quintal; Twarużek, MagdalenaThe collection and analysis of settled dust samples from indoor environments has become one of several environmental sampling methods used to assess bioburden indoors. The aim of the study was to characterize the bioburden in vacuumed settled dust from 10 Primary Health Care Centers by culture-based and molecular methods. Results for bacterial load ranged from 1 to 12 CFU.g−1 of dust and Gram-negative bacteria ...
Bioburden in health care centers: is the compliance with Portuguese legislation...
Viegas, Carla; Almeida, Beatriz; Monteiro, Ana; Aranha Caetano, Liliana; Carolino, Elisabete; Gomes, Anita Quintal; Twarużek, Magdalena; Kosicki, RobertThis study intends to assess the bioburden in ten Portuguese health care centers (PHCC) with a multi-approach protocol using active (air sampling by impaction and impinger) and passive (surface swabs and air-conditioning filters) sampling methods, and compare the results with compliance levels of IAQ Portuguese legislation for the assessment of bioburden. The fungal burden in the PHCC was also characterized thr...