What is a sick building syndrome?
The sick building syndrome (SBS) was first identified and recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) at the beginning of the 80s. It is a condition, most commonly found in commercial buildings, where many workers can be influenced by a number of symptoms, limiting workers' productivity and significantly increasing the absence. It is difficult to identify the causes of the sick building syndrome because the condition is usually caused by a number of existing factors in the building. People can be influenced by chemical performance of colors, carpets, natural forms and pollutants such as cockroach excrement, tobacco smoke, specific types of flashing lighting, low humidity, poor building maintenance and air and heating settings that do not include enough outdoor replacement.
You will probably see the sick buildings syndrome most often in large structures built after the sixties. Since builders tried to enlarge the more airtight buildings, perhaps the problem did not create, because between the inner and the outsideThe air is a low air exchange. This can worsen the sensitivity that people will have to expose more chemicals or biological contaminants. Symptoms include:
- nausea
- headache
- Irritable colon syndrome
- symptoms of colds or flu
- sore throat
- pain and pain
- bronchitis
- sinus infections
- Fatigue
Because there are so many potential causes of a sick building syndrome, a "healing of a building" that will cure that affected people are carried out by case. Sometimes air filtration can change. Other times, improving lighting, creating air exchange, removing known contaminants and creating ergonomically designed stations.
It can take time to find out what is working on reducing the sick building syndrome. In large buildings, several companies may have to work together to evaluatey Employee reports on SBS to see if the data about participation is improving and to see exactly what works exactly to reduce the problem. In many cases, the reduction of SBS is demanding and possibly a few solutions needed to reduce the problem.
Statistics on the WHO SBS are stunning. It is estimated that up to half of the new buildings or newly renovated buildings can cause a sick building syndrome. In the worst case, almost all employees in the building can be affected, up to 85%. From time to time the residential buildings also cause SBS, but that is less common.
The disease resulting from apartment buildings tends to be the result of biological contaminants such as forms or fungi, and poor overall maintenance of the building. Some think that SBS is less common in residential buildings, because individual apartments are likely to have a larger scattering in the decoration. Furthermore, many apartments give you the opportunity to open a window if the air seems toes, even in the apartments of many floors. It does not have to pay inThe office environment and decoration are more uniform. Each on the same floor floor can have the same carpet and similar tables, chairs and lighting. This uniformity may be the reason why SB more often occurs in commercial buildings.