The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health recently expanded its Oregon Child Absenteeism Due to Respiratory Disease Study, using air sampling and complementary methods to track ...

A study published in the journal Cell provides the clearest evidence to date that people infected with influenza actively ...

The United Kingdom and the United States share many similarities but are distinctly different in the way each nation structures and enforces their respective health and safety legislation, monitoring ...

A team of scientists and doctors has developed a capability to detect airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA -- the nucleic acid coding for the virus that causes COVID-19 -- indoors through air sampling. When ...

The most universally applied method for cleanroom classification is one suggested in 1963 by US Federal Standard 209. In this standard, the number of particles ≥0.5 µm is measured in one cubic foot of ...

In part one of this series (May 2003), we explained the need for personal sampling, reviewed passive monitors and personal sampling pumps, and examined OSHA's substance-specific standards and their ...

A major concern during the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was the possibility that SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen responsible for the disease, might spread through surfaces.

Cherwell has published the findings of an investigative study suggesting that prepared media plate choice can affect the accuracy of microbial air sampling. This is a significant finding as following ...