Moura, IB orcid.org/0000-0002-3019-7196, Ewin, D and Wilcox, MH orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-2868 (2022) From the hospital toilet to the ward: A pilot study on microbe dispersal to multiple hospital surfaces following hand drying using a jet air dryer versus paper towels. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 43 (2). pp. 241-244. ISSN 0899-823X
Abstract
Using a bacteriophage to represent microbial contamination, we investigated virus transmission to the hospital environment following hand drying. The use of paper towels resulted in lower rates of virus contamination on hands and clothing compared with a jet air dryer and, consequently, lower contamination of multiple hospital surfaces.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number European Tissue Symposium Not Known |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2021 09:51 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/ice.2021.43 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:173096 |