Zoekresultaten - 42 results
Method development for analysis of nanoplastics in drinking water and milk using transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
risk assessment. This TEM-based approach was validated using polystyrene (PS) reference beads in the size range 60-500 nm, encompassing all analysis steps, from sample preparation to image analysis. Typically, the ...
Screening of plant food supplements for fraud concerning the presence of medicinal or regulated plants based on multi-dimensional chromatographic fingerprints
based on mass spectrometry and the combination of both. Finally the mass spectrometric approach was chosen to conduct a small market study comprising 21 samples purchased on the Belgian regular market and ...
Be.well.pro survey to measure work-related mental well-being of professionals from the healthcare and welfare sector
Objective The aim of the Be.well.pro survey is to monitor work-related mental well-being of healthcare and welfare professionals in Belgium. A first measurement in a national, representative sample will be ...
A validation methodology for size and shape measurement of nanoplastics by transmission electron microscopy
Copenhagen, Denmark (2024) Keywords: Metrology nanoplastics TEM uncertainty Validation study Abstract: The spread of plastics in the environment has led to the formation of microplastics (MP s) and even smaller ...
Influenza like-illness surveillance using a Belgian sentinel network of nursing homes: results of October 2022 onwards
Following a two-year pilot study, an observational sentinel surveillance was initiated in October 2022. A geographically representative sample was established for Belgium using the number of NH beds as ...
Thirty years of epidemiological surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Belgian hospitals: are we able to keep on lowering the curve?
hospital’s microbiology laboratoriesand/or infection prevention and control (IPC) teams. Both invasive and non-invasive samples are included and each patientis counted only once per hospitalisation period. ...
Urine concentrations of Arsenic and its species in adolescents from Wallonia (Belgium).
Corine; Karlien Cheyns Source: ISEAC 41, ISEAC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2023) Keywords: Arsenic speciation biomonitoring urine Abstract: In the present study, we assessed urine concentrations of As and ...
The Sciensano biobanks before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and opportunities
lifecycle ; (2) installing new COVID-19 collections ; (3) ensuring adequate biobank administration for studies ; (4) supporting the registration of samples and data of importance for the biobank ; (5) providing ...
COMBINATION OF CHEMOMETRICS AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL FINGERPRINTING FOR DETECTION OF REGULATED PLANTS IN PLANT FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
campaigns and availability through various different platforms can be rendered as catalysts for their popularity. In regards to the Belgian market, suspicious samples entering the border generate serious ...
Spectroscopic approaches for conformity analysis of e-liquids
Therefore, it is necessary to monitor the compositions of the products on the market and conduct surveillance studies. In Belgium this is performed under the coordination of the Federal Public Service of ...