Anadolu Bil Meslek Yüksekokulu Dergisi

Yazarlar: Semiha YALÇIN, Ayla Ünver ALÇAY

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Bioaerosols,Airborne pathogens,Public health,Indoor air,Bioaerosols measurement methods

Özet: The air, one of the most important factors needed to sustain the lives of creatures, include a number of essential ingredients for breathing also, harmful foreign substances that may contain particles of different magnitude and microorganisms Indoor air has a huge impact on public health. Today people spend a large portion of their time in closed environments such as schools, homes, workplaces etc. Many research studies show the level of pollutants in the domestic environment, the external environment is higher than indoor spaces can cause serious health problems as a result of the necessary measures were not taken. There are also numerous airborne pathogens. For this reasons, schools, workplaces and homes are areas of great importance to determine the quality of indoor air. Furthermore, to determine the indoor air quality in critical areas such as dental clinics, in hospitals, food processing plants, pharmaceutical plants plays an important role in determining the possible risks and precautions to be taken Nowadays, the methods are used like measurement of the microbial load with test equipment as cfu / m3 (active air sampling), the counting of microorganisms falling on media plates (passive air sampling), measurement of chemical components of the microbial cells (ATP, enzyme) , direct microscopy, flow cytometry and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In this study, all these methods are briefly described that including both advantages and disadvantages

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