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title: "Mycobacterium tuberculosis: exposure limits and sampling"
url: https://analyt-mtc.com/tools/hazard-search/mycobacterium-tuberculosis/
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Hazard search

# Mycobacterium tuberculosis

CAS number

No CAS number

Also known as

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (airborne)

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **NIOSH 0900** / M. tuberculosis by PCR / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/0900.pdf) | Active (pump) | 37mm, 1µm PTFE filter in cassette | PCR | [225-3705](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/personal-modular-impactor-pmi/#part-225-3705) / [225-27](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/disposable-parallel-particle-impactors/#part-225-27) / [225-3LF](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-3lf) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) / [225-17-32](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/ptfe-polytetrafluoroethylene-filters/#part-225-17-32) |

Methods and limits as published by their agencies and summarised by SKC; check the current method and the limit that applies to you before sampling.

Source: [SKC Ltd (UK), Hazard Search, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)](https://www.skcltd.com/hazard-search.html); [SKC Inc. (USA), Sampling Guides, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)](https://international.skcinc.com/sampling-guides/)