BS EN 16868:2019
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Ambient air. Sampling and analysis of airborne pollen grains and fungal spores for networks related to allergy. Volumetric Hirst method
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
BSI | 2019 | 42 |
This document specifies the procedure to sample continuously and to analyse the concentration of airborne pollen grains and fungal spores in ambient air using the volumetric Hirst type sampler [1] [2] [3] (see Annex A) or an even equivalent method assuring comparable data.
This document describes both the sampling and the analysis procedures for the purpose of networks related to allergy. For the other tasks mentioned in the introduction, other specifications may be required.
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8 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions |
12 | 4 Principle 5 Sampling 5.1 Equipment 5.1.1 Apparatus |
16 | 5.1.2 Sampling support 5.1.2.1 General |
17 | 5.1.2.2 Transparent tape 5.1.2.3 Reagents |
18 | 5.1.3 Installation conditions 5.2 Operating procedure 5.2.1 Preparation of the coating medium |
19 | 5.2.2 Support preparation |
20 | 5.2.3 Changing of the drum 6 Analysis 6.1 Equipment |
21 | 6.2 Operating procedure 6.2.1 Support 6.2.1.1 Microscope glass slide 6.2.1.2 Microscope cover glass 6.2.2 Mounting medium 6.3 Methodology for counting 6.3.1 Glass slide preparation for microscopy analysis for drum tape |
23 | 6.3.2 Optical microscopy |
24 | 6.3.3 Identification 6.3.4 Counting method 6.3.5 Data recording |
25 | 6.3.6 Conversion factor |
26 | 7 Performance characteristics for pollen and fungal spores counts 7.1 General 7.2 Integrated uncertainty assessment 7.3 Uncertainty from counting error and counting routine 7.4 Measurement uncertainty relating to sampling efficiency 7.5 Measurement uncertainty relating to capture film, adhesive and specimen preparation |
27 | 7.6 Measurement uncertainty relating to time discrimination 7.7 Measurement uncertainty related to the detection limit 7.8 Measurement uncertainty in relation to the calibration of the flow rate 7.9 Measurement uncertainty relating to spatial representativity 8 Quality assurance 8.1 General 8.2 Measurement site/trap 8.2.1 Control 8.2.2 Characterization of the site and its ambient conditions (passport of sampling site) |
28 | 8.2.3 Spatial representativity 8.3 Analyst 8.4 Intra- and interlaboratory quality assessments 8.4.1 General 8.4.2 Repeatability 8.4.3 Reproducibility and accuracy |
29 | 8.4.4 Sensitivity and specificity 8.5 Network monitoring management |
30 | Annex A (informative)Hirst type volumetric trap |
31 | Annex B (informative)Pictures of impaction support |
33 | Annex C (informative)Material Safety Data Sheets |
34 | Annex D (informative)Identification key |