Objective To study and analyze the situation of fungal pollution of the archive administrator's working environment in Jiaxing region by surveying with epidemiologic methods and detecting samples, in order to give references for measuring and controlling the pollution and protecting administrator' s health.
Methods The working environment, occupational habits, vocational education and Fungus-Related Hand Dermatosis (FRHD)of 102 archive administrators in Jiaxing were surveyed with field investigation. At the same time, 192 samples from storehouse air, archive files and administrator's both hands were gathered and detected to find out fungal pollution degree and main fungus types. The detected data were analyzed to evaluate the influences of the pollution to administrators' health.
Results The main fungi with their detecting rates respectively were Penicillium (70.83%), Aspergillus (41.15%), Cladosporium (33.85%), Mucor (31.77%), Saccharomyces (26.56%), Alternaria (12.50%)and so on. The whole fungal pollution level of storehouse air in Jiaxing was moderate (354 cfu/m3), but which of those storehouses without any air quality control equipments or systems was high (602 cfu/m3)and which of those with those equipments was low (107 cfu/m3). The detected data of fungal quantity from hands of closely archive-contacting personne(l CAC personnel)were higher than those from nonCAC personnel's (P<0.05). The FRHD suffering rate of archive administrators was higher than that of other ordinary people in society (P<0.05), and among the administrators the suffering risk of CAC personne(l OR=2.437)was obviously higher than that of non-CAC personnel (OR=1.083). In related vocational factors, full-time archive working and frequently handling moldy files were hazardous factors of FRHD in archive administrators (with OR values of 11.228 and 14.707 respectively), while occupational education about archives and health protect as well as attaching importance to washing hands were protective ones (with OR values of 0.105 and 0.054 respectively).
Conclusions Suffering from FRHD in archive administrators has a obvious correlation to the archive occupation. Air quality control measures play important roles in controlling mold's growing, improving air quality and protecting administrators' health. It's necessary to strengthen the manage of archives and storehouses, improve occupational environment, and establish good occupational habits for reducing the risk of FRHD and protecting administrators' health.
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