Allergen Exposure Chamber Testing Service

An overview of our Allergen Exposure Chamber Testing Service

Objective
To evaluate the degree of anti-house dust mite activity, dust mite accumulation and dust mite removal properties in a long-term testing environment for a wide variety of products including textiles, cleaning agents, repellants and appliances.

Descriptions of Tests conducted in the Allergen Exposure Chamber

Allergen exposure chamber testing in progress at our bioaerosol controlled environment facility.

Bespoke tests are carried out to suit the client’s needs, examining different time points. Test and control specimens are inoculated with the test organism and nutrients. After the required period of incubation in dedicated chambers, the dust mites are recovered from the specimens and analysed by heat extraction to measure live house dust mite counts or ELISA to measure the level of allergen. Results are expressed as per cent reduction on the treated sample versus the untreated control.

Customer Benefit
The data generated by this test provides a good measurement of the effectiveness of anti-dust mite treatment on a breeding mite colony. We can also supply image and video footage of the test.

Third Party Validation
On passing this test, the product can be labelled as having been tested by airmid in support of any claim relating to the test and data received.

Sample Required
Advised on request

Turnaround Time
8 weeks from receipt of sample

airmid healthgroup ltd. is an INAB accredited laboratory Reg No. 284T for Derp1 and Feld1 ELISA testing, the SP337 process is not under the scope of accreditation.