• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.117-123
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• 2022

현대인은 대부분의 시간을 실내에서 보내고 있기 때문에 실내 공기질에 대한 관심이 높아지는 추세이다. 실내 공기의 주요 오염원으로는 인간의 활동, 건축자재, 생활용품, 외부로부터 오염된 대기의 유입 등을 들 수 있다. 실내 공기질 관리법에서는 실내공기 오염물질로 미세먼지, 총 부유세균, 곰팡이, 이산화탄소 등 17종을 규정하고 있다. 현대인의 실내 환경은 세균과 곰팡이균의 생육환경이 흡사하기 때문에 일상생활에서 세균과 곰팡이에 항상 노출된다. 특히 많은 사람이 모이는 다중이용시설의 경우에는 세균감염의 위험이 더 크다고 할 수 있다. 한편 솔잎은 예전부터 항균효과가 뛰어난 것으로 알려져 있으며, 한약재, 식용 등 쓰임새가 다양하다. 그 외에 의약, 식품 및 염색제 관련 산업에서는 적극적으로 활용하고 있으며, 최근에는 건축자재로 이용하기 위한 시도도 이루어지고 있는 실정이다. 솔잎의 항균효과에 관한 연구는 상당히 많이 이루어지고 있으며, 다양한 항균 성분을 가지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 솔잎 추출물의 항세균, 항곰팡이 효과를 확인하였으며, 이를 토대로 솔잎 추출물을 혼입한 시멘트 경화체를 제작해 솔잎 추출물의 혼입 비율별 세균과 곰팡이에 대한 항균 활성 효과를 연구하였다. 솔잎 추출물은 황색포도상구균과 대장균에 대해 항세균 효과를 나타났으며, 검정 곰팡이에 대해 생육환경을 저해하는 것이 나타났다. 솔잎 추출물을 혼입한 시멘트 경화체는 황색포도상구균과 대장균에 대해서 항균 활성 효과를 나타냈다. 그러나 검정 곰팡이에 대해서 항균 활성 효과를 나타내지 않았다. 결과적으로, 솔잎추출물을 혼입한 시멘트 경화체는 병원균 억제에는 효과적이지만 곰팡이에 대해서는 효과가 없는 것으로 판단되며, 솔잎추출물을 항균재료 사용하기 위해서는 곰팡이의 생육을 저해하는 요인에 대한 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.98-104
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• 2014

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine airborne bioaerosols such as bacteria and fungi in the kitchens of restaurants, and to assess the effects of thermal factors on the levels of the bioaerosols. Methods: Air samples were taken from kitchens of nine restaurants. An Anderson type air sampler was used for sampling and measurements. Petri dishes filled with a microbiological culture medium (trypticase soy agar for bacteria and Sabouraud dextrose agar for fungi) were used as the sampling surface. Results: The levels of bacterial aerosol measured were $10-10^3CFU/m^3$ and fungal aerosol $10-10^2CFU/m^3$, respectively The mean values of air temperature and relative humidity in the kitchens were $24.6^{\circ}C$ and 46.4%, respectively. Overall, the levels of bacterial aerosol varied by the restaurant type, and fungal aerosol by the business period (p < 0.05). The main effect of air temperature and interaction effect of air temperature and relative humidity onto the bacterial level were significant (p < 0.05), whereas the effects were not significant onto the fungal level. Conclusions: The results indicate a wide variation in the levels of bioaerosols among different kitchens. The observed differences in bioaerosol levels in the kitchens reflect different periods of use. The interactions of air temperature and relative humidity onto the bacterial level suggest that constant attention should be paid to avoid peaks of contamination during the summer season.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.785-791
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• 2007

The current study evaluated the technical feasibility of the application of titanium dioxide ($TiO_{2}$) photo-catalytic air cleaners for the disinfection of bioaerosols present in indoor air. The evaluation included both laboratory and field tests and the tests of hydraulic diameter (HD) and lamp type (LT). Disinfection efficiency of photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) technique was estimated by survival ratio of bacteria or fungi calculated from the number of viable cells which form colonies on the nutrient agar plates. It was suggested that the reactor coating with $TiO_{2}$ did not enhance the adsorption of bioaerosols, and that the UV irradiation has certain extent of disinfection efficiency. The disinfection efficiency increased as HD decreased, most likely due to the decrease in the light intensity since the distance of the catalyst from the light source increased when increasing the HD. It was further suggested that the mass transfer effects were not as important as the light intensity effects on the PCO disinfection efficiency of bioaerosols. Germicidal lamp was superior to the black lamp for the disinfection of airborne bacteria and fungi, which is supported by the finding that the disinfection efficiencies were higher when the germicidal lamp was used compared to the black lamp in the laboratory test. These findings, combined with operational attributes such as a low pressure drop across the reactor and ambient temperature operation, can make the PCO reactor a possible tool in the effort to improve indoor bioaerosol levels.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.17-26
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• 1979

This research is to prevent the infection of maternity in the hospital by examining the microbes contaminations in maternity through airbone microbes and those who are engaged in the ward of O.B. ＆ G.Y. and to furnish the basic data available to hospital management. The bacterial growth of airbone microbes contaminations in nosocomial air and who thor the nasal cavity of passers by (doctors, nurses, parturient women) who went to the ward of O.B. ＆ G.Y. contaminated or not were examined in“E”Univ. Hospital from July to August, 1979 by using thioglycollate broths and agar plates. The following results were obtained: 1. The average colony number of airborne microbes revealed as follows the pediatric ward (36 colonies), the internal ward (33 colonies), the ward of O.B. ＆ G.Y. (30 colonies), the ward of surgery (24 colonies), delivery-waiting room (11 colonies), and the delivery room (3 colonies). 2. The bacterial growth beforenoon differed from that of afternoon. Namely, the latter (24 colonies) was higher than the former (21 colonies). 3. The type of strains isolated from the air of the ward revealed staphylococci (82%), Gram negative bacilli (18%), fungi (17%), Gram positive diplococci (13%), and Bacillus subtilis (2.8%). 4. The strains isolated in the delivery-waiting room revealed staphylococci (66.7%), Gram negative bacilli (33.6%), and revealed staphylococci (75%), Gram positive diplococci (8.3%), and fungi (8.3%), in delivery room. 5. Most of strains isolated in the ward of O.B. & G.Y. revealed staphylococci (100.0%), Gram positive diplococci (8.3%), and Gram negative bacilli (6.7%). 6. The strain isolated in the surgical ward revealed staphylococci (91.7%), fungi (33.3%), Gram positive diplococci (25%), Gram negative bacilli (25%) and Bacillus subtilis (8.3%). 7. The strain isolated in the pediatric ward revealed staphylococci (75%), fungi (25%), Gram positive diplococci (8.3%), Bacillus subtilis (8.3%), and Gram negative bacilli (8.3%). 8. The strain isolated in the internal ward revealed staphylococci (91.7%), fungi (33.3%), Gram positive diplococci (25%), and negative bacilli (16.7%). The strains isolated from the nasal cavity of those doctors and nurses who and enaged in the ward of O.B. & G.Y. revealed staphylococci (80%), Bacillus subtilis (10%), and Gram negative bacilli (10%), from doctors and Gram positive diplococci (10%), instead of Gram negative bacilli (10％), from nurses. 10. The strain isolated from nasal cavity of parturient women on admission revealed staphylococci (90%), and Gram negative bacilli (10%), but after admission revealed staphylococci (70％), Gram positive diplococci (10%), and Gram negative bacilli (10%). 11. Of the total 91 staphylococci isolated from the air of the ward, the Coagulase pastive was 36 (39.6%), and the negative 55 (60.4%), As a result of the coagulase experiment of the staphylococci isolated from the nasal cavity of those who are engaged in the ward of O.B. ＆ G.Y. all were revealed as negative that belonged to non-pathogenic. 12. Consequence of the biochemic examination of the gram negative bacilli isolated from the air of the ward the aerobacter aerogens revealed was (16.7%) E-coli 5％ in the nasal cavity of those came and went to the of O.B. ＆ G.Y. and Aerobacter aerogens 7.5%.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.115-125
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• 2000

Three major hospitals with over 500 beds located in and near Seoul were surveyed for airbone microorganisms from February 1, 1998 to February 18, 1998. The purpose of the study was to identify and quantify microbiological organisms circulating in the air of three different areas in the hospitals. For the study, a RCS air sampler was utilized equipped with two different collection media, the agar strip GK-A for bacteria and the agar strip HS for fungi. The areas investigated were the intensive care unit (ICU) in the Department of internal medicine, the Newborns room in the Department of Obstetrics, and the microbiology laboratory. The results were as follows; 1. The average numbers of general microbiological particles collected on the agar strip GK-A media were $205CFU/m^3$, $232CFU/m^3$, and $128CFU/m^3$ in each hospitals. The highest concentration of $387CFU/m^3$ was found in the ICU of A hospital at 15:00 during the day. Further analysis of the collected bioaerosols by gram staining, revealed that there were gram positive cocci (89.5%), gram positive bacilli (7.2%), gram negative bacilli (2.8%), and fungi (0.5%), in descending order of frequency. 2. Ten different genes were identified from the agar strip GK-A. The most frequently identified organisms were: the Coagulase negative staphylococcus (55.0%), Micrococcus (21.4%), Enterococcus species(10.4%), and Bacillus species (7.2%). A series of antibiotics susceptibility test were conducted against the aforementioned four(4) organisms. Ninety percent of coagulase negative stapylococcus were sensitive to Penicillins. Pathogenic microbes isolated include: Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobacter species, Klebsiella pneumonia, Klebsiella oxytoca, and Pseudomonas aeroginosa. 3 Although 56.8% of the microorganisms grown on the strip HS media for fungi could not be identified, some of them were successfully identified. The most frequently found fungi were Aspergillus (35.3%), Yeast or Molds (6.2%), and Penicillium (0.7%). Based on the results obtained from the study, it was concluded that some areas in the hospitals had abnormally high bioaerosol concentrations which could be attributed to human activity. Therefore, it is recommended that periodic assessments of indoor bioaerosols aiming to identify the possible sources should be conducted in order to maintain clean indoor environment in the hospitals.

• 환경생물
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.153-157
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• 2001

2000년 춘계에 한국 농촌지역인 충남 서산에서 대기부유분진(SPM)과 곰팡이포자의 관계에 대해 조사하였다. 부유분진의 농도는 1차 황사기간(3월 23-24일)에 $199.8\mu{g}\;m^{-3}$, 2차 황사기간(4월 7-9일)에 $249.4\mu{g}\;m^{-3}$, 비황사기간(5월 12-6일)에 $98.9\mu{g}\;m^{-3}$으로 각각 나타났다. 2회의 황사기간들간에 부유분진 농도는 차이를 보였지만 $5\mu{m}$ 정도의 입경 크기를 가지는 조대분진이 2회의 황사기간 모두에서 총 부유분진 양의 대부분을 차지하였다. 그러나 비황사기간의 부유분진 입경분포 그래프는 $1\mu{m}$ 정도의 입경 크기를 가지는 미세분진과 $5-6\mu{m}$ 정도의 크기를 가지는 조대분진이 피크를 보이는 전형적인 bimodal 패턴을 나타내었다. 대기기원 곰팡이포자로부터 성장한 4종류의 사상균류가 황사시기의 부유분진 시료에서 동정되었다. 이들은 Fusarium, Aspergillus, Penicillium, Basipetospora 속으로 확인되었다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2022

Background: The global shift toward greener societies demands new technologies and work operations in the waste-management sector. However, progressive industrial methods do not necessarily consider workers' health. This study characterized workers' exposure to bioaerosols and investigated the bioaerosols' potential to engage the immune system in vitro. Methods: Full shift personal aerosol sampling was conducted over three consecutive days. Dust load was analyzed by gravimetry, fungal and actinobacterial spores were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, and endotoxin by limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) assay. In vitro exposure of HEK cells to airborne dust samples was used to investigate the potential of inducing an inflammatory reaction. Results: The total dust exposure level exceeded the recommended occupational exposure limit (OEL) of 5.0 mg/m³ in 3 out of 15 samples. The inhalable endotoxin level exceeded the recommended exposure level by a 7-fold, whereas the fungal spore level exceeded the recommended exposure level by an 11-fold. Actinobacterial spores were identified in 8 out of 14 samples. In vitro experiments revealed significant TLR2 activation in 9 out of 14 samples vs. significant TLR4 activation in all samples. Conclusion: The present study showed that the dust samples contained potentially health-impairing endotoxin, fungi, and actinobacterial levels. Furthermore, the sampled dust contained microbial components capable of inducing TLR activation and thus have the potential to evoke an inflammatory response in exposed individuals.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.398-402
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• 2020

버섯은 대부분 시설에서 재배되기 때문에 안전하게 고품질의 버섯 생산을 위해서는 재배사 내 환경에 대한 정보가 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 헤파필터 교체에 따른 큰느타리 재배사 대기중 미생물상 변화를 분석하여 헤파필터 적정 교체기간을 설정하고자 연구를 수행하였다. 헤파필터 교체 전 재배단계별 대기중 세균 및 진균 밀도는 배지제조과정에서 세균 169.7 cfu/㎥, 진균 570 cfu/㎥, 균 긁기과정에서 세균 126.3 cfu/㎥, 진균 560cfu/㎥로 부유균의 밀도가 가장 높았다. 헤파필터 교체 후 세균의 밀도는 배양실에서 가장 낮아졌고, 진균의 밀도는 냉각실에서 가장 낮게 나타났다. 헤파필터 교체전 Cladosporium sp. 등 7속 7종이었고, 교체 후 1개월은 Penicillium sp. 등 6속 6종, 2개월은 Cladosporium cladosporioides 등 4속 7종, 3개월차는 Mucor plumbeus 등 5속 7종, 4개월에서 6개월까지는 Penicillium brevicompactum 등 각각 5속 12종, 5속 10종, 5속 10종으로 교체 후 기간이 지날수록 종이 다양해지고 증가하였다. 부유균의 밀도는 헤파필터 교체 후 2개월 후 가장 낮았고 차츰 증가하다가 6개월에는 교체전 밀도와 비슷해지거나 높아지는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 헤파필터는 6개월마다 교체하는 것이 오염저감을 위해 효율적인 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.283-294
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• 2004

본 연구는 환기 방식 및 교반 유무에 따른 축분 퇴비화 시스템 내 대기 및 작업 환경을 평가하기 위해 수행되었다. 측정대상 가스상 물질인 암모니아, 황화수소, 악취농도의 경우 자연환기-미교반시 2.45ppm, 19.96ppb, 15.8, 강제환기-미교반시 7.61ppmm 31.36ppb, 30.2, 자연환기-교반시5.50ppm, 14.69ppb, 46.4, 강제교화기- 교반시 30.12ppm, 39.91ppb, 205.5가 평균적으로 발생되는 것으로 분석되었다. 각 운용조건에 따른 흡입성 분진과 호흡성 분진의 평균 농도는 자연환기-미교반시 368.6${\mu}g$/$m^3$,96.0${\mu}g$/$m^3$, 강제화기-미교반시 283.9${\mu}g$/$m^3$, 119.5${\mu}g$/$m^3$, 자연환기-교반시 208.7${\mu}g$/$m^3$, 139.8${\mu}g$/$m^3$, 강제환기-교반시 209.2${\mu}g$/$m^3$, 131.7${\mu}g$/$m^3$인 것으로 조사되었다. 총 부유 박테리아와 곰팡이의 경우 자연환기-미교반시 28,673cfu/$m^3$, 22,507cfu/$m^3$, 강제환기-미교반시 7,462cfu/$m^3$,3,229cfu/$m^3$, 자연환기-교반시 19,592cfu/$m^3$, 26,376.29cfu/$m^3$, 강제환기-교반시 18,645cfu/$m^3$, 24,581cfu/$m^3$가 평균적으로 발생되는 것으로 분석되었다. 대체로 가스상 물질은 자연환기와 교반을 하지 않는 경우보다 강제환기와 교반을 하는 경우에 더 많이 발생되는 경향을 보였다. 또한 흡입성 분진과 총 부유박테리아의 경우, 자연환기-미교반시에 대체로 더 높게 발생된 반면, 호흡성 분진과 총 부유곰팡이의 경우 강제환기-교반시에 더 많이 발생되는 경향을 보였다. 내부 온도와 상대습도는 입자상 물질과 생물학상 오염물질 발생에 영향을 주는 것으로 분석되었고, 암모니아와 황화수소는 축분 퇴비화시 발생되는 악취 원인물질로 입증되었다. 물리적 요인인 온도와 상대습도는 축분 퇴비화 시스템내에서 주로 입자상 오염물질과 생물학상 오염물질의 발생량에 영향을 미치는 주요인자로 입증되었는데, 시스템 내부 온도와 상대습도가 높으면 이것들의 농도도 높아지는 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.70-76
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• 2017

Objectives: This on-site study was performed to evaluate the reduction efficiency of an air cleaner on particulate matters and biological agents in a swine facility. Materials and Methods: Particulate matter was measured using a real-time monitoring recorder and biological agents were sampled with a one-stage impactor and then analyzed based on the microbial culture method. An experimental process for the reduction effect on airborne pollutants through air cleaner operation consisted of three conditions: no treatment, wet scrapper by water spray and wet scrapper by disinfectant spray. Results: Geometric mean levels of particulate matter(TSP, $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$ and $PM_1$) were presented at $1,608{\mu}g/m^3$, $1,373.8{\mu}g/m^3$, $401.8{\mu}g/m^3$ and $144.5{\mu}g/m^3$ for no treatment; $1,503{\mu}g/m^3$, $1,017{\mu}g/m^3$, $159.4{\mu}g/m^3$ and $69.8{\mu}g/m^3$ for wet scrapper by water spray; and $1,222.17{\mu}g/m^3$, $477.17{\mu}g/m^3$, $33.2{\mu}g/m^3$ and $11.1{\mu}g/m^3$ for wet scrapper by disinfectant spray, respectively. In the case of biological agents, the geometric averaged concentrations of total airborne bacteria and fungi were as follows: $45,371cfu/m^3$ and $13,474cfu/m^3$ for no treatment, $43,286cfu/m^3$ and $8,610cfu/m^3$ for wet scrapper by water spray, and $2,440cfu/m^3$ and 1,867 cfu/ for wet scrapper by disinfectant spray, respectively. Regardless of particulate matter and biological agent, the highest concentrations were found for no treatment, while the lowest concentrations were found with wet scrapper by disinfectant spray. Conclusions: Based on the results obtained from this on-site evaluation, there was a significant reduction effect on particulate matter and biological agents through the application of an air cleaner in this study.