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Redispersion of Indoor Surface Contamination and Its Implications

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There are many industrial and laboratory processes that can produce contamination. This is true even when processes are partially or totally enclosed or when types of control other than enclosure are used. Worker exposure is possible when contamination is produced and escapes from primary containment. Once contamination has been produced, housekeeping can yield an environment in which exposure can take place by resuspension. Bad housekeeping, by imparting too much energy to the deposited contamination, can lead to resuspension immediately; it can also leave substantial residual contamination that may be reentrained subsequently. Even good housekeeping is likely to leave behind on surfaces residual contamination that may be reentrained. In any event, whatever contamination remains is available for further resuspension. It is this “secondary” exposure, rather than the exposure that occurs when the contamination is initially produced, that we are interested in here.

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Sansone, E.B. (1987). Redispersion of Indoor Surface Contamination and Its Implications. In: Mittal, K.L. (eds) Treatise on Clean Surface Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9126-5_12

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