Book: World Wide Exposure Standards for Mold and Bacteria

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World Wide Exposure Standards for Mold and Bacteria

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1. HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON MOLD AND BACTERIA

A. ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF MOLD AND BACTERIA

B. HISTORICAL CASES OF MOLD INGESTION TOXICITY

C. HISTORICAL SAMPLING RESULTS AND METHODS

D. TURN OF THE CENTURY AMBIENT MICROBIAL LEVELS

E. EARLY MOLD SPORE KNOWLEDGE AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY

F. THE START OF TODAY’S MOLD PROBLEM

CHAPTER 2. MOLD AND BACTERIA STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

A. CULTURABLE OR VIABLE EVALUATION STANDARDS

GOVERNMENTAL BODIES

1. BRAZIL

2. CANADA

3. COMMISSION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

4. CZECH REPUBLIC

5. FINLAND

6. NETHERLANDS

7. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

8. NORDIC COUNCIL

9. US OSHA (PROPOSED)

10. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

11. AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF GOVERNMENTAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS

12. AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION

13. INDOOR AIR QUALITY ASSOCIATION

14. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE

B. TOTAL SPORE EVALUATION STANDARDS

GOVERNMENTAL BODIES

15. RUSSIAN STANDARD

16. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

17. AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION

18. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY

19. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

C. CULTURABLE OR VIABLE SPORE LIMITS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE AND

PHARMACEUTICAL CLEAN ROOMS

GOVERNMENTAL BODIES

20. EUROPEAN UNION CLEAN ROOM STANDARD

21. U. S. PHARMACOPOEIA CLEAN ROOM STANDARD

CHAPTER 3. FUNCTIONAL GROUPING OF MOLD AND BACTERIA STANDARDS

A. ACCEPTABLE EXPOSURE LEVELS

B. ACTION LEVELS (WARRANTING INVESTIGATION)

C. IDLH LEVELS (IMMEDIATELY DANGEROUS TO LIFE AND HEALTH)

D. CLEARANCE LEVELS (POST REMEDIATION)

E. THE INSIDE VERSUS OUTSIDE CONCENTRATION RANK ORDER STANDARDS

F. CEILING LIMITS FOR HOSPITALS & OTHER SUSCEPTIBLE OCCUPANT ENVIRONMENTS

G. BACTERIA STANDARDS

H. APPLICATION OF THE STANDARDS -THE ISSUE OF OPEN WINDOWS

CHAPTER 4. CURRENT SAMPLING METHODS AND EQUIPMENT

A. MODERN AIR SAMPLING METHODS

B. PHYSICAL COLLECTION PRINCIPLES OF AIR TESTING EQUIPMENT

C. PARTICLE SIZE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY OF VARIOUS SAMPLERS

D. DESCRIPTION OF COMMON MICROBIOLOGICAL SAMPLING MEDIA

E. REAL WORLD COMPARISON OF MONITORING METHODS

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