Air pollution sources in indoor area are one of the main factors for reducing indoor air quality of locations. A gastrointestinal endoscopy unit consists of the following area: procedural, recovery areas, and area for a disinfection and cleaning for equipment. This area is frequently exposed to the gastrointestinal gas expelled from patients and gas from electrocoagulated tissue through carbonation or electrocoagulation of neoplasms. This can be potential harmful component for respiratory health not only to medical practitioners but also to the patients who undergo endoscopic examinations. However, there has been scare data for the air quality check in the endoscopic unit.
Air pollution sources in indoor area are one of the main factors for reducing indoor air quality of locations. A gastrointestinal endoscopy unit consists of the following area: procedural, recovery areas, and area for a disinfection and cleaning for equipment. This area is frequently exposed to the gastrointestinal gas expelled from patients and gas from electrocoagulated tissue through carbonation or electrocoagulation of neoplasms (procedure of endoscopic submucosal dissection, endoscopic mucosal resection, etc). This can be potential harmful component for respiratory health not only to medical practitioners but also to the patients who undergo endoscopic examinations. However, there has been scare data for the air quality check in the endoscopic unit. The aim of this study is to check the air quality using conventional portable passive air quality monitoring sensors in gastrointestinal endoscopy unit.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
4,320
Air quality according to the method of endoscopic procedure will be checked (for example, upper diagnostic endoscopy, colonoscopy, endoscopic submucosal dissection, endoscopic mucosal resection, etc)
Chuncheon Sacred Heart hospital
Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, South Korea
atmospheric Carbon dioxide (CO2)
CO2 ppb level in the area of endoscopic unit
Time frame: up to 1 week
atmospheric total volatile organic compound (TVOC)
TVOC ppb level in the area of endoscopic unit
Time frame: up to 1 week
atmospheric particulate matter that have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometer (PM2.5)
PM2.5 ug/m3 level in the area of endoscopic unit
Time frame: up to 1 week
atmospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
NO2 ppb level in the area of endoscopic unit
Time frame: up to 1 week
atmospheric carbon mono-oxide (CO)
CO ppb level in the area of endoscopic unit
Time frame: up to 1 week
atmospheric ozone
ozone ppb level in the area of endoscopic unit
Time frame: up to 1 week
atmospheric temperature
atmospheric temperature in the area of endoscopic unit
Time frame: up to 1 week
atmospheric humidity
atmospheric humidity in the area of endoscopic unit
Time frame: up to 1 week
atmospheric pressure
atmospheric pressure in the area of endoscopic unit
Time frame: up to 1 week
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