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Disaster Advice Glossary
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Disaster recovery and restoration can be veiled in mystery to the many who have not undertaken specific training. This glossary explains technical terms to assist both report writing and the understanding of those technical terms so often misunderstood.
Definition
| Aeolian Contamination: |
Matter in the form of a contaminate which is transported and broadcast through dynamic air movement. Mitigation Note: In water damage mitigation, one of the concerns comes from clean up contractors who use portable equipment to extract and clean up indoor floods. The exhaust of the equipment indoors aerosolize micropollutants which are inhaled. Another concern is the use of air drying equipment in a dusty or biologically contaminated building, or a building which has friable lead-based paint or asbestos. Caution Note: No sewage or other pathogenic waste should be extracted into portable machines when the machines are left and allowed to wxhaust indoors! See Aeolian, Airborne Contaminates, Airborne Microorganisms, Bioaerosols, Dusts. |
| Aerollergens: |
Airborne allergen producing substances such as dust, mites, pollens, mold and other airborne substances, from animal dander and hair to human skin cells. Education Note: Aeroallergens can be a vapour from perfumes or toxins from organic decay. See Aerobiology, Aeolian Contamination, Allergens |
| Airborne Microorganisms: |
a) Living, decaying and dead microorganisms suspended in the air as free-floating particles and cells which can be inhaled. b) Biologically active contaminates suspended in the air either as free-floating particles surrounded by a film or organic or inorganic material, or attached to the surface of other suspended particulates. Education Note: Airborne microorganisms can be biologically active contaminates surrounded by a film and cell wall, or they can be attached to the dust, dander and dirt. See Aeolian Contamination, Aerobiology. |
| Respirable Particles: |
Airborne respirable particles are generally defined as being 10 microns or less in size. a) Airborne particles fall into two categories, biological and non-biological. Health Note: Respirable particles of fungi average from 6.0 to 0.05 microns in size. Only HEPA rated respirators are to be worn by the inspection team and technicians, during mold investigations, invasive inspections of mold and remediation of mold. See Aeolian Contamination, Respiratory Diseases |
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