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Leading Medical Microbiologist Professor Mark Wilcox to present his latest study at Infection Prevention Society Conference 2018 Professor Mark Wilcox, MD, consultant microbiologist and Head of R&D in Microbiology at the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals, will present the results of his latest study at the prestigious Infection Prevention Society 2018 Conference being held [...]

"You do your business, flush the toilets, and then give your hands a good wash. The problem is too many people are taking shortcuts. Research in hospital toilets, focusing on hand drying, shows you what’s just been splattered around including fecal matter and dangerous bacteria." Find out more and the link at the complete study [...]

Guidance recommends the use of single use paper towels as the most effective hand drying method in minimising the spread of microorganisms New guidance on hand hygiene published by the French Society for Hospital Hygiene, SF2H, strongly discourages the use of electric hand dryers as a method of hand drying in hospital washrooms, and recommends instead [...]

Are you exploring hand drying solutions for public washrooms? Effective hand hygiene is crucial to minimize the spread of infections. Public washrooms, which serve many people each day, must offer a safe and effective method for hand drying. Single-use paper towels are the optimal choice. When compared to other hand drying methods, scientific studies and the [...]

HAND DRYING - "First do no harm" Highlights of multisite study across three countries to be presented at RAI/Interclean 2018 Professor Mark Wilcox MD, consultant microbiologist, Leeds Teaching hospitals, UK will present highlights from his latest research study into washroom contamination at Interclean 2018 in Amsterdam. “Hand hygiene is one of the most important components [...]

Dry hands with single-use paper towels to keep you and your family healthy Monday 19 January, 2018 Europe is currently in the grip of a flu epidemic. WHO and ECDC’s FluNewsEurope reports both influenza A and B viruses as widespread across the continent . As health services are strained to the limit, major public information [...]

Think it doesn't matter how you dry your hands? Think again. Sunday December 17, 2017 Keith Redway, Emeritus Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Westminster, London, was interviewed on Sunday, December 17, during "The Sunday Edition", broadcasted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.  In his Interview, the popular Radio Broadcaster Michael Enright, extensively  discusses  the [...]

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 [...]