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Pilot study regarding vehicles cabinets and elevator: neglected workstations in occupational exposure assessment?
| Resumo: | In several ossupational settings have been reported organic dust occupational exposure and in many is common tu use vehicles to transport raw material and final products or even elevators to guarantee workers and material transportation within the facilities. Measurements of particles and sample colection to assess fungal burden were done during the use of one docker's crane, one fork lift and one elevator in waste industry. All reference air sample presented much less air fungal contamination thet inside de cabins. Statistically significant differences were detected in the mass concentration for almost all particles sizes between the cabins and the background where the vehicles was circulating. This pilot study suggests that workers carry fungi from their outdoor work into vehicles cabinets and elevator and exposure to particles still occurs in the cabins. To reduce exposure focus should be on interventions related with ventilation and good hygene parctices. |
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| Autores principais: | Viegas, Carla |
| Outros Autores: | Faria, Tiago; Caetano, Liliana Aranha; Carolino, Elisabete; Viegas, Susana |
| Assunto: | Occupational exposure Organic dust Fungal exposure Vehicles cabins Air samples Waste industry IPL/2016/W2E_ESTeSL |
| Ano: | 2017 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | capítulo de livro |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | In several ossupational settings have been reported organic dust occupational exposure and in many is common tu use vehicles to transport raw material and final products or even elevators to guarantee workers and material transportation within the facilities. Measurements of particles and sample colection to assess fungal burden were done during the use of one docker's crane, one fork lift and one elevator in waste industry. All reference air sample presented much less air fungal contamination thet inside de cabins. Statistically significant differences were detected in the mass concentration for almost all particles sizes between the cabins and the background where the vehicles was circulating. This pilot study suggests that workers carry fungi from their outdoor work into vehicles cabinets and elevator and exposure to particles still occurs in the cabins. To reduce exposure focus should be on interventions related with ventilation and good hygene parctices. |
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