Pilot study suggests environmental microbial contamination risk

Hospital washrooms with jet air dryers have higher microbial burden suggests pilot study

November 2017- A pilot study undertaken by experts from the Microbiology department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Leeds suggests that hospital washrooms with jet air dryers may have higher levels of environmental microbial contamination than those using single-use paper hand towels.

The study suggests that microbial burdens may be higher in hospital washrooms employing jet air versus paper towel hand drying.

These findings could have significant implications for hospitals. General infection prevention and control principles in healthcare settings aim to limit the spread of micro-organisms due to the increased susceptibility of patients to infection and to the greater prevalence of potential and/or antimicrobial-resistant pathogens.

2017-11-25T13:08:17+00:00