A Framework for Assessing the Health Hazard Posed by Bioaerosols
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Determining a Standard Unit of Measure for Biological Aerosols.
- ناشر : Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
- شابک / ISBN : 9780309111515
Description
SUMMARY 1 1. INTRODUCTION 9 Request to Committee, 9 Determining a Standard Unit of Measure, 10 The Health Protection Objective, 13 2. EXPLORING THE COMPLEXITY OF HEALTH RISK 15 Biological Warfare Agents, 15 Properties of Aerosols, 19 Biological Effects of Inhaled Particles, 22 Particle Size and Aerosol Collection, 26 Current Units of Measure and Health Hazard, 27 3. BUILDING THE FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING HEALTH HAZARD 29 The Framework in Words, 29 Proposed Framework for Evaluating Aerosolized Biothreat Agents, 31 A Mathematical Description of Bioaerosol Health Risk, 32 Application of the Equation to Detectors, 38 Comparison and Conversion of BAULADae to Other Units, 41 4. IMPLICATIONS OF BAULA FOR DETECTOR TEST AND EVALUATION 47 The Test and Evaluation Process, 47 The Current Test and Evaluation Process, 49 Limitations of the Current System for Implementing BAULADae, 57 Implementing BAULADae with Current Testing and Referee Systems, 58 Additional Considerations, 59 5. RECOMMENDATIONS 61 BIBLIOGRAPHY 65 APPENDIXES A Evaluating Detector Signals, 71 B Statement of Task, 79 C Committee Member Biographies, 81 D Acronyms and Abbreviations, 85
Biological warfare agent (BWA) detectors are designed to provide alerts to military personnel of the presence of dangerous biological agents. This book considers the question whether Agent-Containing Particles per Liter of Air (ACPLA) is an appropriate unit of measure for use in the evaluation of aerosol detectors
