VDI 4250 Blatt 3-2016
Bioaerosols and biological agents - Installation-specific measurement parameters and assessment values relevant to environmental health

Standard No.

VDI 4250 Blatt 3-2016

Release Date

2016

Published By

Association of German Mechanical Engineers

Latest

VDI 4250 Blatt 3-2016

Replace

VDI 4250 Blatt 3-2014 VDI 4251 Blatt 1-2007 VDI 4255 Blatt 1-2005

Scope

Handling of organic materials may cause bioaerosol emissions. Primarily this concerns waste recovery and treatment plants, agricultural animal husbandry but also other plants or parts of plants like evaporation coolers or biological waste air purification systems. Different and partly very specific microorganisms are emitted from the different plant types and introduced into the environment. The immissions generated thereby may lead to adverse effects on human health by exposing the residents to bioaerosols. This standard gives a current overview on plant-related environmental-medically relevant microorganisms and an orientation for their environmental-medical assessment with regard to the most important plant types inducing bioaerosol emissions and immissions. This does not replace an exact case-specific examination but facilitates definition and selection of the evaluation-relevant bioaerosols. This standard allows for a prompt adaptation and supplementation with respect to new insights on plants and sources, their indicative parameters and their assessment.

VDI 4250 Blatt 3-2016 Referenced Document

• DIN EN 13098:2001 Workplace atmospheres - Guidelines for measurement of airborne microorganisms and endotoxin; German version EN 13098:2000
• DIN EN 15842:2010 Foodstuffs - Detection of food allergens - General considerations and validation of methods; German version EN 15842:2010
• DIN ISO 16000-17:2010 Indoor air - Part 17: Detection and enumeration of moulds - Culture-based method (ISO 16000-17:2008)
• VDI 1000-2010 VDI Guideline Work - Principles and procedures
• VDI 1000-2016 VDI-Richtlinienarbeit - Grundsaetze und Anleitungen
• VDI 4250 Blatt 1-2014 Bioaerosols and biological agents - Risk assessment of source-related ambient air measurements in the scope of environmental health - Effects of bioaerosol pollution on human health
• VDI 4250 Blatt 2-2015 Bioaerosols and biological agents - Environmental health assessment of bioaerosols in ambient air - Risk assessment for aerosols containing Legionella
• VDI 4251 Blatt 1 Berichtigung-2007 Measurement of airborne microorganisms and viruses in ambient air - Planning of plant-related ambient air measurements - Plume measurement; Corrigendum concerning guideline VDI 4251 Part 1:2007-02
• VDI 4251 Blatt 1-2007 Measurement of airborne microorganisms and viruses in ambient air - Planning of plant-related ambient air measurements - Plume measurement
• VDI 4251 Blatt 2-2015 Measurement of airborne microorganisms and viruses in ambient air - Determination of area-specific background concentrations

VDI 4250 Blatt 3-2016 history

• 2016 VDI 4250 Blatt 3-2016 Bioaerosols and biological agents - Installation-specific measurement parameters and assessment values relevant to environmental health
• 2014 VDI 4250 BLATT 3-2014 Bioaerosole und biologische Agenzien - Anlagenbezogene umweltmedizinisch relevante Messparameter und grundlegende Beurteilungswerte
• 2007 VDI 4251 Blatt 1-2007 Measurement of airborne microorganisms and viruses in ambient air - Planning of plant-related ambient air measurements - Plume measurement
• 2005 VDI 4255 Blatt 1-2005 Bioaerosols and biological agents - Sources of emissions and control measures - Overview
• 2004 VDI 4255 Blatt 1-2004 Measurement of airborne microorganisms and viruses in ambient air - Sources of emissions and control measures - Overview

VDI 4250 Blatt 3-2016 Bioaerosols and biological agents - Installation-specific measurement parameters and assessment values relevant to environmental health has been changed from VDI 4251 Blatt 1-2007 Measurement of airborne microorganisms and viruses in ambient air - Planning of plant-related ambient air measurements - Plume measurement.

VDI 4250 Blatt 3-2016 Bioaerosols and biological agents - Installation-specific measurement parameters and assessment values relevant to environmental health has been changed from VDI 4255 Blatt 1-2005 Bioaerosols and biological agents - Sources of emissions and control measures - Overview.