Gefahrstoffe

Surface disinfection is an everyday routine in the health service and has now become commonplace in many other professions as well. Some of the applied disinfectants contain substances that are released into the air and can lead to occupational...

The aim of this project was to deposit various aerosols in the exposure laboratory of the Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance (IPA) directly onto a sample carrier using a suitable sampling...

In Germany, there is a risk-based limit concept for asbestos with an acceptance (10 000 F/m³) and a tolerance (100 000 F/m3) concentration. At the European legislative level, a binding limit value of 10 000 F/m3 for asbestos is currently being...

The use of real-time measurement techniques for objectifying occupational exposure situations is rapidly expanding. However, in many cases, the calibration data provided by manufacturers must be completed by aerosols representative of those present...

For this two-part article with 199 references a large number of publications about indoor ultrafine particulate matter (UFP) was reviewed. Only private residences were considered. The information extracted from the respective publications are sorted...

The calculation of the measurement uncertainty is a prerequisite for a valid measurement method. Since the true measured value is never known, a measured value is given with an uncertainty. The basis for the calculation of the measurement...

Many different instruments in a wide price range are currently available for the measurement of ultrafine particles (< 100 nm). These are, for example, mobility particle size spectrometers (MPSS), condensation particle counters (CPC) and handheld...