Table 3.

Results by season (microbial contamination and PM).

		Warm season	Cold season
Microbial contamination	Active Sampling Methods		Higher fungal load (DG18) on Andersen six-stage cascade impactor (stage 6) Higher fungal (DG18) and bacterial (TSA) load on MAS-100 Higher fungal (DG18) and bacterial (TSA) load on Button Air Sampler
	Passive Sampling Methods	Higher fungal contamination (DG18 incubated at 37°C) in surface swab samples Higher fungal contamination (SDA) in EDCP samples Higher fungal contamination (SDA) in filters from the vacuum cleaner	Higher fungal contamination (MEA) in EDC samples Higher fungal contamination (DG18) and higher fungal resistance (ITZ, VCZ and PSZ) in surface swab samples Higher fungal resistance (VCZ) in SD samples Higher bacterial contamination (TSA) in filters from the vacuum cleaner samples
Particulate matter		MZ presented a higher concentration of particles from size 0.5 μ than E BZ and MZ presented a higher concentration of particles from size 2.5 μ and 10.0 μ than E BZ presented a higher concentration of particles from size 5.0 μ than E	MZ presented a higher concentration of particles from size 1.0 μ, 2.5 μ, 5.0 μ and 10.0 μ than E

EDC, Electrostatic Dust Cloth; EDCP, e-cloth; SD, Settled Dust; MZ, Machine Zone; BZ, Bench Zone; E, Exterior; MEA, Malt Extract Agar; DG18, Dicloran-Glycerol Agar; TSA, Tryptic Soy Agar; SDA, Saboraud Dextrose Agar; ITZ, Itraconazole; VCZ, Voriconazole; PSZ, Posaconazole.