Recent studies conducted on vacuum cleaner emissions, have vacuum cleaners as a potential source of indoor exposure to airborne allergens, bacteria and other pathogens. In this blog post we review the issues around this occurrence and the steps manufacturers of vacuum cleaners can take to ensure their products meet certification standards, in particular the asthma & allergy friendly certification standard.  As an accredited immunoassay testing facility airmid healthgroup is a designated laboratory for the program.