PMID- 26786065
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160916
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1545-9632 (Electronic)
IS  - 1545-9624 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 6
DP  - 2016
TI  - Efficiency of five chemical protective clothing materials against nano and 
      submicron aerosols when submitted to mechanical deformations.
PG  - 425-33
LID - 10.1080/15459624.2015.1125490 [doi]
AB  - Due to their potential toxicity, the use of nanoparticles in the workplace is a 
      growing concern. Some studies indicate that nanoparticles can penetrate the skin 
      and lead to adverse health effects. Since chemical protective clothing is the 
      last barrier to protect the skin, this study aims to better understand 
      nanoparticle penetration behaviour in dermal protective clothing under mechanical 
      deformation. For this purpose, five of the most common types of fabrics used in 
      protective clothing, one woven and four nonwoven, were chosen and submitted to 
      different simulated exposure conditions. They were tested against polydispersed 
      NaCl aerosols having an electrical-mobility diameter between 14 and 400 nm. A 
      bench-scale exposure setup and a sampling protocol was developed to measure the 
      level of penetration of the aerosols through the material samples of disposable 
      coveralls and lab coat, while subjecting them to mechanical deformations to 
      simulate the conditions of usage in the workplace. Particle size distribution of 
      the aerosol was determined upstream and downstream using a scanning mobility 
      particle sizer (SMPS). The measured efficiencies demonstrated that the 
      performances of nonwoven materials were similar. Three nonwovens had efficiencies 
      above 99%, while the woven fabric was by far, the least effective. Moreover, the 
      results established that mechanical deformations, as simulated for this study, 
      did not have a significant effect on the fabrics' efficiencies.
FAU - Ben Salah, Mehdi
AU  - Ben Salah M
AD  - a Ecole de technologie superieure , Montreal , Quebec , Canada.
FAU - Halle, Stephane
AU  - Halle S
AD  - a Ecole de technologie superieure , Montreal , Quebec , Canada.
FAU - Tuduri, Ludovic
AU  - Tuduri L
AD  - b Institut de recherche Robert-Sauve en sante et en Securite du travail , 
      Montreal , Quebec , Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J Occup Environ Hyg
JT  - Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene
JID - 101189458
RN  - 0 (Aerosols)
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants, Occupational)
RN  - 451W47IQ8X (Sodium Chloride)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aerosols/*analysis
MH  - Air Pollutants, Occupational/*analysis
MH  - Inhalation Exposure/*analysis
MH  - Materials Testing/*standards
MH  - Nanoparticles/*analysis
MH  - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S.
MH  - Protective Clothing/*standards
MH  - Sodium Chloride/analysis
MH  - Textiles/*standards
MH  - United States
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Mechanical deformations
OT  - nanoparticle
OT  - penetration
OT  - protective clothing
EDAT- 2016/01/21 06:00
MHDA- 2016/09/17 06:00
CRDT- 2016/01/21 06:00
PHST- 2016/01/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/01/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/09/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1080/15459624.2015.1125490 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Occup Environ Hyg. 2016;13(6):425-33. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2015.1125490.