Biosafety Assessment and Airborne Fungal Concentration as an Evaluation Index in University Laboratories and Hospital Diagnostic Korean Laboratories
This study evaluated both biosafety levels (BLs) and airborne fungal concentrations in microbiological laboratories in Seoul, Korea. To evaluate biosafety facilities, we used a checklist containing 67 questions in nine categories. We also measured airborne fungal concentration according
to the BLs. Airborne fungal concentrations were higher in BL-1 facilities (240 CFU/m3) than in BL-2 facilities (25 CFU/m3). The airborne fungal concentrations significantly differed among the laboratories that were graded as poor, fair, and good. Especially, a significant
negative correlation was observed between the airborne fungal concentrations and the biosafety levels (p = .001). We recommend that the guidelines of biosafety be followed to improve laboratory environment.
Keywords: airborne fungal; biosafety level; microbial laboratory
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Institute of Health and Environment, School of Public Health,Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea 2: Department of Environmental Health,Korea National Open University, Seoul, South Korea
Publication date: 01 January 2013
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