A Review of the Evaluation of Bioaerosols Sampling Devices Efficiency

Aims. Many respiratory, skin and other health disorders are associated with and spread by outdoor and indoor bioaerosols. Air born infectious, allergen agents and fungal agents can be sampled and enumerated by various collection and analytical equipment. Methods. The impactor, impinger, filter and spin con are introduced in this study and the efficiency of various devices is compared with one another. Results. The review of findings shows that the spin con collects a larger number of spores in comparison with other devices. The number of collected spores by this unit per volume of air sampled is close to that by the AGI-30. Conclusion. The spin con is a device that has efficiency for sampling high volumes of air and can analyze samples for the presence of spores and fungi. The AGI-30 has good efficiency for pollens, microbes and spores. Basically, air filtration has very high efficiency of up to 99% -100%, but it is more applicable for dryness resistant bioaerosols.