Posted By Rob T Hi Mak, I had a similar problem in South Africa a while ago. The only way we were able to deal with it was to hose the area with low pressure water (high pressure blasts can actually blow the spores about). This at least kept the spores down. We used a similar method in the UK but that was just for cleaning purposes. Hope this helps Rob

Posted By DaveT Try this linkon histoplasmosis http://www.cdc.gov/niosh...05-109/pdfs/2005-109.pdf

Posted By STEVE MAK Biological Risk Zoonoses- infections transmissible from animals to humans Chlamydia Psittaci- disease of birds Avian Chlamydiosis- reportable under RIDDOR Regs When dealing with this type of work, you need to look at: Infectivity of the organism Route of transmission Vunrebility of the Individual Severity of the Disease Current Controls Information, Instruction Training Supervision through samples of bird excrement, carcasses etc it can be decided by laboratory examinations whether the area is infected Within most bird excrement,carcassess,nesting or roosting area, it can be found that fungal spores, bacteria, micro-organisms, viruses,insects and mites can be found and all are vectors of human disease I noticed in your controls that you mentioned respiratory protection, and disposable ppe, but what about hygiene procedures(no smoking/eating in area), barriers to keep unwanted personnel away, health assessment of workers who will do the cleaning do they already have low immunity systems , can they wear the RPE. minimise the dust hazard by dampening down, Innoculations I am sure you wont, but do not take this wste lightly, there was a recent Decontamination Specialist who even though he still wore PPE/RPE, contacted a influenza type virus/flu and was away from work for 10wks. How far you take it, is up to you and like the EA have advised you it can go as normal waste as long as it is not contaminated(this has a double barreled meaning to me) Steve