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Allergen Monitoring Service

Our Allergen Monitoring Service can help you to assess the efficacy of your control measures in protecting against exposure to major allergens in the workplace. Monitoring for allergens can also be used to inform risk assessments and identify high risk activities.

We offer routine assays for the measurement of the following:

Laboratory Animal Allergens (LAA)

  • Mouse urinary protein (mus m 1)
  • Rat urinary protein (rat n 1)

 

Food and Agrochemical Allergens

  • Fish (cod/haddock and salmon parvalbumin)

 

Industrial Enzymes

Proteases, lipases and amylases are widely found in cleaning products and can cause allergic reactions such as sneezing and coughing as well as more serious symptoms such as tightness of the chest and shortness of breath. We offer a generic protease assay.

The benefits of HSE's allergen monitoring service

  • Highly sensitive and specific immunoassays developed for quantifying airborne allergen levels
  • Fully automated analysis of samples
  • Fast turnaround times with secure and confidential reporting of results
  • Appropriate filters available for personal/static sampling
  • Wipe kits available for surface contamination sampling
  • Appropriate transportation kits supplied
  • Advice, expertise and ongoing customer support
  • ISO:9001 accredited laboratory
  • In house experts in occupational hygiene, respiratory protection and ventilation
  • Close partnerships with LAA specialists
  • Access to past anonymized results for benchmarking purposes

 

If you would like to request analysis or require further information please contact Sample Registration

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