PrestigeEm.com
About PrestigeEm.com
Prestige EnviroMicrobiology, Inc. is founded based on the ideas that only a boutique laboratory staffed with advance degreed scientists in microbiology and mycology and a dedicated staff can provide the highest quality analysis, most knowledgeable information and exceptional customer service. Among our founding members are Drs. Chin S. Yang and De-wei Li, whose academic and research credentials are unparalled in the environmental microbiology industry. Dr. Yang is a pioneer in the mold and fungal testing industry, and has performed numerous analyses since 1980. His biography at this site details his education, training, experience and accomplishments. "To stand out by providing our customers with the highest quality analysis, most knowledgeable information and exceptional customer service."
Prestige EnviroMicrobiology focuses its services in two main areas: laboratory testing services and consulting services.
The laboratory testing services include analysis testing for Legionella bacteria, mold and fungi, bacteria, and wood decay due to water damage and growth of fungi. Sample types may include air, bulk, dust, water or wipe.
The consulting services offer consultations on environmental microbiology. Dr. Yang has over 25 years of experience as a consulting microbiologist/mycologist. He has conducted many investigations in fungal and mold infested homes, buildings, and structures (including airplanes and ships). He has frequently been consulted by physicians, attorneys, public health officials, environmental consultants (from home inspectors, CIHs, PEs, architects, to building managers), and school administrators, staff and parents on various mold issues, from prevention, assessment, sampling and testing, to remediation. He has participated in many investigations of Legionnaires disease outbreaks in hospitals and health care facilities. He has conducted and offered training to infection control personnel of health care facilities on sampling and testing methods for infectious agents in special care units. He has frequently been consulted by hospital infection control professionals in handling and dealing with nosocomial infections by opportunistic fungi and Legionella bacteria.
Although there are plenty of mold information postings on many websites set up by professional organizations, US and Canadian governmental agencies, we have reviewed many of them and found the following documents are more reliable and credible than others. Their links are posted here for your convenience. Prestige EnviroMicrobiology does not necessarily agree with all information in these documents. Readers are further reminded that the science of understanding and studying mold and fungi in the indoor environment is progressing rapidly, new information may replace these documents in the near future.
● Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings (2001 edition) ● Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments (2008 edition) ● Damp Indoor Spaces and Health (published in 2004) ● Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposures (published in 2000) ● Residential Indoor Air Quality Guidelines: Moulds (published in 2007)
