Mold found in a room where surgical equipment is sterilized has forced health officials to stop a Los Angeles hospital from performing any elective surgeries. For about two weeks, the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center — one of the country’s largest public hospitals — won’t be able
Read more →Kitchen Mold Removal Are you concerned that black mold could be lurking in your kitchen, perhaps hiding in the cupboards? Not only is it unattractive, it can also cause respiratory problems for your family. The following guide can help you locate, prevent and destroy any black mold
Read more →IAQA University Webinar 2015 Friday, December 4, 2015 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET Although there are more than 10 million species of bacteria on earth, very few cause human illness. Of those species that do, only a small number have an airborne transmission. This
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Read more →Would you like to train employees in water sampling for Legionella? Legionella pneumophila causes up to 85 percent of the reported cases of Legionnaire’s disease. It can be extremely challenging for an industrial hygienist to pinpoint and identify the source of this organism. According to the
Read more →The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) announced its partnership with the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) to produce the first ever Indoor Air Quality Practitioners Body of Knowledge (BoK). The two organizations have collaborated over the past 18 months to develop this document, which was created by
Read more →Legionella ASHRAE Standard 188P-This presentation will be about the proposed standard which presents practices for the prevention of Legionellosis associated with centralized industrial and commercial building water systems. Factors affecting Legionella growth, building reservoirs and HAACP plans will be discussed. Suzanne Blevins, founder of Aerobiology Laboratory is
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