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The air microflora was assessed using the settle plate method.
In fact, Perdelli et al. found that a correlation between the two methods is possible when the active sampling is carried out at regular intervals during the exposure time of the settle plate [ 26], because a single drawing detects the contamination only during the short time necessary for the drawing and is therefore not able to detect what the IMA plate detected over the complete hour.
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For microbiological testing, active and passive air samples using settle plates and surface samples using contact plates were taken from spots specified in the validation plan.
Using settle plates they found aerial dissemination from feather pillows, but not from synthetic pillows.
Settle plates were placed in ward corridors and patient rooms for 60 min of exposure.
Aseptic conditions were monitored using methods such as settle plates, volumetric air samples, and surface sampling [ 29].
Surface swab, nasal swab, and vacuum samples and blood agar settle plates were analyzed in the CTDPH laboratory.
Additionally, settle plates should be used for microbiological monitoring during preparation or critical steps of the preparation.
Active sampling was carried out using the Surface Air System and passive sampling with settle plates, in accordance with ISO 14698.
Further evidence is provided by Houang et al. [ 21] who placed 70 settle plates in an ICU and 120 (in total) in four surgical wards.
Gerner-Smidt [ 22] recovered an outbreak of strain A. calcoaceticus subsp. anitratus from the air in an ICU using both settle plates and a slit sampler.
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