"What you cannot sample, you cannot detect it also!"
Assets and limits of different biological aerosol sampling technologies
- parameters having impact on the biological aerosol sampling quality:
- particle speed during collection
- dissication
- crushing of particle on surface
- particule bouncing
- amount of sampled volume
- l'évaporation
- retention rate
- sampling time
- indoor sampling
- outdoor sampling
- ration beetween retention rate and sampled volume
- aerodynamic size of collected particles
- types of samplers
- impactors
- impingers or liquid impactors
- les virtual impactors
- cyclones
- dry
- humid
- Why are humid cyclones representing the best alternative technology available for collecting enough volume with the best particle retention rates
- How to test humid cyclones for their performance:
- Legionella detection in aerosols
- Aspergillus spp detection in aerosols
- Particle counting and bacteria cells counts
- Are plate count the best methods to evaluate viable microorganisms in aerosols?