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Rapporto ISTISAN 20/3 - Indoor air quality in schools: strategies for monitoring chemical and biological pollutants. Gaetano Settimo, Lucia Bonadonna, Paola M.B. Gucci, Monica Gherardi, Angelo Cecinato, Silvia Brini, Francesca De Maio, Arianna Lepore, Giuliana Giardi, for the National Indoor air Study Group
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Indoor air quality in schools: strategies for monitoring chemical and biological pollutants.
Gaetano Settimo, Lucia Bonadonna, Paola M.B. Gucci, Monica Gherardi, Angelo Cecinato, Silvia Brini, Francesca De Maio, Arianna Lepore, Giuliana Giardi, for the National Indoor air Study Group
2020, x, 67 p. Rapporti ISTISAN 20/3 (in Italian)
Purpose of this document is to provide correct indoor air monitoring strategies in schools, both for proper measurement, acquisition, verification and evaluation of chemical and biological pollutants, and to support Individual specifications and collective prevention protocols, with the aim of improving health students and school workers, in particular reiterating the central role of responsibility for the promotion and protection of schools, as provided by the World Health Organization and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals set in the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda. The main factors to be considered in order to plan the monitoring activities in relation to the internal environments and the sources are reported. The general principles and characteristics of the methods of sampling and analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCS), particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), organic micropollutants (PAH, PCDD/F and PCB) and inorganic (metals and metalloids), biological (virus, bacteria, moulds and allergens) are described.
Key words: Indoor air; Schools; VOC; PM10; PM2.5; Metals; PAH; PCDD/F; PCB; Bacteria; Virus; Allergens; Sampling; Analysis
Published 04/12/2020
