title: [Evaluation of different treatments of Japanese bed quilts for reducing mite allergens].
abstract: We evaluated the effectiveness of different treatments of Japanese bedquilt (futon) in reducing mite allergens: vacuum-cleaning, beating plus vacuum-cleaning and washing of the whole futon in water. Before and after these treatments, small amounts of cotton were taken out of the futon and mite allergens were extracted from the cotton into water. The absolute contents of two kinds of major allergens of two Dermatophagoides species were immunochemically quantitated. We found that beating and vacuum-cleaning reduced the allergen contents by only about 40%, whereas washing reduced the allergens by more than 90%. Therefore, for reducing airborne mite allergens generated from futon, we think that washing the whole futon in water is the most effective method.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inouye
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasueda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens; D000818:Animals; D001512:Bedding and Linens; D008925:Mites
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens