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Particulate matter emissions during autopsies: a method to reduce exposure
Particulate matter emitted during autopsies can serve as a vector for numerous viruses or bacteria and can lead to infections. Reducing the exposure of those particles in indoor working environments is, therefore, an important issue. To assess the health risk for employees in forensic medicine, we m...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9008663/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35420344 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20021-7 |
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author | Dröge, Janis Moussaoui, Ibrahim El Klingelhöfer, Doris Held, Hannelore Groneberg, David. A. Verhoff, Marcel A. Plenzig, Stefanie |
author_facet | Dröge, Janis Moussaoui, Ibrahim El Klingelhöfer, Doris Held, Hannelore Groneberg, David. A. Verhoff, Marcel A. Plenzig, Stefanie |
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description | Particulate matter emitted during autopsies can serve as a vector for numerous viruses or bacteria and can lead to infections. Reducing the exposure of those particles in indoor working environments is, therefore, an important issue. To assess the health risk for employees in forensic medicine, we measure particulate matter in the ambient air during autopsies by using an aerosol spectrometer. The autopsies were performed with either an ordinary oscillating saw or an adapted saw with a suction unit. The particle emissions from both saws were compared to each other in order to evaluate whether a technical adaption leads to a particle reduction. Furthermore, the particle exposure reduction by wearing a face mask and variations in the background concentration in the room were analyzed. High particle concentrations were measured while using the ordinary saw. By using the adapted saw or wearing a face mask, the particle exposure could mostly be avoided. On the majority of the working days, an increase in the background concentration could be observed. Based on this knowledge, the use of a proper suction unit and wearing a face mask during autopsies is necessary. Besides, it is important to have sufficient ventilation in the room so that long-lasting high background concentrations can be prevented. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: [Image: see text] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11356-022-20021-7. |
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spelling | pubmed-90086632022-04-14 Particulate matter emissions during autopsies: a method to reduce exposure Dröge, Janis Moussaoui, Ibrahim El Klingelhöfer, Doris Held, Hannelore Groneberg, David. A. Verhoff, Marcel A. Plenzig, Stefanie Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Research Article Particulate matter emitted during autopsies can serve as a vector for numerous viruses or bacteria and can lead to infections. Reducing the exposure of those particles in indoor working environments is, therefore, an important issue. To assess the health risk for employees in forensic medicine, we measure particulate matter in the ambient air during autopsies by using an aerosol spectrometer. The autopsies were performed with either an ordinary oscillating saw or an adapted saw with a suction unit. The particle emissions from both saws were compared to each other in order to evaluate whether a technical adaption leads to a particle reduction. Furthermore, the particle exposure reduction by wearing a face mask and variations in the background concentration in the room were analyzed. High particle concentrations were measured while using the ordinary saw. By using the adapted saw or wearing a face mask, the particle exposure could mostly be avoided. On the majority of the working days, an increase in the background concentration could be observed. Based on this knowledge, the use of a proper suction unit and wearing a face mask during autopsies is necessary. Besides, it is important to have sufficient ventilation in the room so that long-lasting high background concentrations can be prevented. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: [Image: see text] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11356-022-20021-7. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-04-14 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9008663/ /pubmed/35420344 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20021-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Article Dröge, Janis Moussaoui, Ibrahim El Klingelhöfer, Doris Held, Hannelore Groneberg, David. A. Verhoff, Marcel A. Plenzig, Stefanie Particulate matter emissions during autopsies: a method to reduce exposure |
title | Particulate matter emissions during autopsies: a method to reduce exposure |
title_full | Particulate matter emissions during autopsies: a method to reduce exposure |
title_fullStr | Particulate matter emissions during autopsies: a method to reduce exposure |
title_full_unstemmed | Particulate matter emissions during autopsies: a method to reduce exposure |
title_short | Particulate matter emissions during autopsies: a method to reduce exposure |
title_sort | particulate matter emissions during autopsies: a method to reduce exposure |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9008663/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35420344 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20021-7 |
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