Dipartimento di Ambiente e Connessa Prevenzione Primaria, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2010;46(3):288-92. doi: 10.4415/ANN_10_03_11.
This paper presents preliminary results from a year-long indoor bioaerosol monitoring performed in three working environments of a municipal composting facility treating green and organic waste. Composting, whereby organic matter is stabilized through aerobic decomposition, requires aeration, causing the dispersion of microbial particles (microorganisms and associated toxins). Waste can, therefore, become a potential source of biological hazard. Bioaerosol samples were collected on a monthly basis. Through a comparison of results obtained using two samplers - the Surface Air System DUO SAS 360 and the BioSampler - the study aimed at assessing the presence of biological pollutants, and at contributing to the definition of standard sampling methods for bioaerosols leading, eventually, to the establishment of exposure limits for these occupational pollutants.
本论文呈现了一项为期一年的室内生物气溶胶监测的初步结果，该监测在一个处理绿色和有机废物的城市堆肥设施的三个工作环境中进行。通过好氧分解使有机物质稳定化的堆肥过程需要通风，这导致了微生物颗粒（微生物和相关毒素）的扩散。因此，废物可能成为生物危害的潜在来源。生物气溶胶样本每月采集一次。通过比较两种采样器——Surface Air System DUO SAS 360 和 BioSampler——获得的结果，本研究旨在评估生物污染物的存在，并有助于确定生物气溶胶的标准采样方法，最终为这些职业污染物建立暴露限值。
