The application of the mobile application for the assessment of cleaning workers' exposure to cleaning products: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cleaning product use has been associated with adverse respiratory health effects such as asthma in cleaning staff and healthcare workers. Research in health effects from cleaning products has largely depended upon collecting exposure information by questionnaires which has limitations such as recall bias and underestimation of exposure. The aim of this study was to develop a Cleaning and Hazardous Products Exposure Logging (CHaPEL) app with a barcode scanner and to test the feasibility of this app with university cleaners.

Methods

The CHaPEL app was developed to collect information on demographics, individual product information, and exposure information. It also included an ease-of-use survey. A pilot study with university cleaning workers was undertaken in which

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10877463 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature