Dr. Crista’s Favorite Home Spore Test
Dr. Crista’s go-to home mold spore test is an upgrade to the traditional ERMI for assessing mold in your home.
While Dr. Jill recommends hiring a qualified mold inspector to check your living space, she knows that sometimes that’s simply not feasible. Sometimes, you need a “first step” check.
While many people rely on an ERMI for this first check, in Dr. Jill’s experience, this misses one of the most important bits of evidence – the toxins.
Let’s talk about ERMI scores
The problem with the ERMI score is that it was never designed to diagnose a mold problem. The ERMI scoring system was created as part of a national survey of homes by the EPA. The algorithm was devised as a means for data collection and statistical analysis for their survey study – NOT to assess a single living space.
The ERMI score was never intended to be used as a means to diagnose any single living space. The score can be very misleading, and has lead Dr. Jill’s patients into false assumptions about the health of their homes.
The Dust Test uses the same DNA PCR detection of mold spores and fragments, and combines these findings with decades of research, to produce a test result that gives you a clear picture of the health of your home.
Post-test support
One of the great features offered with The Dust Test is help knowing what to do with your results once you get them back. The folks at The Dust Test specialize in water-damaged buildings, and have collated decades of experience with hard data to arrive at their recommendations.
Your doctor is a body expert, not a building expert. Trust the building experts to help you figure out your next steps.
Sterile cloth
Did you know that many of the ERMI tests out there don’t require a sterile cloth? If you collect a dust sample on any old cloth and it detects mold spores or fragments, how do you know that they came from your home or from the cloth? You don’t!
A sterile cloth collection ensures that what they detect at The Dust Test actually came from your home.
Combine with Mycotoxin testing
For some reason, the indoor environmental professional industry has been slow to adopt mycotoxin and endotoxin testing. Dr. Jill has countless examples where families were still sick from their homes, and where mycotoxin and endotoxin analyses were the only things that detected the problem.
Taken with an ERMI, the toxin tests round out the picture of the health of your living space.
Dr. Jill combines with Hayes Microbial mycotoxin testing to get the full picture of your home’s health.
Are you worried that mold might be infesting your home?