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Also, please visit Chain of
Custody Form
Lift Tape Sampling Instructions to Mold Test Your
Entire Home,
Condominium, Apartment, Office, Commercial Building, or Other
Building
for the
Entire
Building Mold Testing Service
1. Record each lift tape sample collected onto the Lift Tape Sampling
Chain of Custody Form
emailed to you after you placed your order. You can also download it from
the following websites:
http://www.moldmart.net,
http://www.moldinspector.com/chain_of_custody.htm, and/or
http://www.moldinspection.com/chain_of_custody_form.htm.
2. Of special importance is that you provide the complete information asked
for on the Chain of Custody
form, including, but not limited to, the precise lift tape sampling location
(such as “master bedroom dresser surface ”, “kitchen counter”, “west wall
of guest bedroom”, “living room carpeting in middle of room”).
3. You can either take an immediate lift tape sampling at each location
(“snapshot”), or clean the horizontal or vertical surface with denatured or
rubbing alcohol 24 hours prior to testing to get a 24 hour mold
deposits/landings in the subsequent 24 hours on the test location prior to
taking the lift tape sampling, or do both a snapshot and 24 hour test of the
same testing location. Do the snapshot testing first, before cleaning the
surface with alcohol. For a 24 hour test, after cleaning with alcohol, wipe
the cleaned surface with a paper towel or clean rag to make sure that the
surface is completely dry. Taking a 24 hour time period test is very useful
in determining the total mold exposure being experienced daily by residents
or occupants of that particular tested room or area.
4. In the “Notes” section of the
Chain of Custody form as
to each lift tape sampling listed on the form, please make a note as to
whether test is an immediate “snapshot” or a “24 hour test” time duration.
5. Some of the best horizontal locations to do a lift tape sampling on
either a snapshot basis or a 24 hour test basis (or use both methods at each
location---a very beneficial way to conduct your mold testing) are: a
horizontal, hard surface such as a table top, counter top, appliance top,
TV/stereo top, fireplace mantle, exposed window sill, or a hard-surfaced
floor in each room you wish to mold test. You can even do a sampling of a
carpeted or rug area by pressing the sampling tape very firmly and deeply
into the carpet or rug pile to collect any mold spores deposited therein.
Sampling a horizontal surface will enable you to collect mold spores that
have been deposited/landed on each lift tape location.
6. You can also do lift tape sampling of vertical surfaces such as walls,
but usually a snapshot testing is all you need to do on vertical surfaces.
It is especially important to take lift tape samplings on all wall surface
areas that have likely-to-be-mold visible dark or colored areas or
biological growths of any kind. If you take samplings from a wall, be sure
to measure the length and height of the wall you have tested. Enter the
length in the length section of the
Chain of Custody form.
Enter the height of the wall in the “width” section of the form, but also
please indicate on the form the measurement is “height.”
7. You should definitely take lift tape samplings of the inside (back side)
of each air conditioning register grill (remove the grill, if possible, to
have full access for lift tape sampling). You should also do a lift tape
sampling of an inside side wall, just inside (behind) the register. If the
home or building is mold infested, so will be the heating and air
conditioning ducts and equipment. Mold-infested hvac (heating, ventilation,
and air conditioning) ducts and equipment continually distribute elevated
levels of airborne mold spores throughout the home or building, and thus
causing widespread mold cross contamination. You can also do a 24 hour test
of a hvac system by putting a lift tape onto the front of the grill so that
most of the sticky surface is exposed to the outward air flow coming out of
the register. Then run the heating/cooling system for 24 hours (with the
hvac system’s operation automatically controlled by setting the thermostat
at the normal temperature you heat or cool your home or building).
8. Use only clear “Scotch brand” sticky tape or equivalent quality that you
cut into exactly one inch wide by three inch long sticky tapes to take each
of your lift tape samplings.
9. After taking each lift tape sample, attach the tape (sticky side down)
onto a non-stick plastic food wrapping paper such as “Saran Wrap” or
equivalent quality, or on to kitchen wax paper. Then, attach a masking tape
or paper label to the opposite side of the food plastic or wax wrap paper.
On each lift tape sample on the masking tape or label, please write the
number of the lift tape sample---the same number for each sample as
corresponding to your completed
Chain of Custody form.
10. Mail (air mail or via postal global priority mail) the completed lift
tape samples, along with your completed
Chain of Custody form,
to: Professional Certification Institute, National Highway, Botong,
Lumbangan, Mabinay 6207, Negros Oriental Philippines. Please allow at least
3 to 4 weeks for the samples to arrive in the Philippines, the one week mold
culture growth in Petri dishes, and for the mold lab analysis and the
writing of the written report, which will be both emailed and postal mailed
to you upon completion.
11. If you have any question of any kind as to how to take, process, or
submit your lift tape samples, please email Phillip Fry
moldconsultant@yahoo.com |
