■Jet-air dryers should not be used in hospital toilets
【要約】
ジェットハンドドライヤーは病院のトイレには不適切(リーズ大学)
強い風で水を吹き飛ばす際に菌を拡散させると言われているけど、実際に細菌の広がりを英仏伊3病院で測定。
ペーパータオルのほうがはるかにいい
https://twitter.com/Kyukimasa/status/1038203329661165568
Jet-air hand dryers in hospital toilets spread more germs than disposable paper towels and should not be used, say researchers.
Writing in the Journal of Hospital Infection, they argue that the official guidance about how to prevent bacterial contamination in hospital buildings needs to be strengthened.
At the moment, the official Department of Health guidance says air dryers can be placed in toilets in the public areas of a hospital but not in clinical areas: not because of the risks they pose for cross contamination but because they are noisy.
Mark Wilcox, Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Leeds who supervised the international study, said the guidance needed to focus on the infection risks, given the new evidence.
The new study looked at bacterial spread in a real world setting – in two toilets in each of three hospitals, which were in the UK, France and Italy. Each of the toilets had paper towel dispensers and jet-air dryers, but only one of these was in use on any given day.
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/4284/jet-air_dryers_should_not_be_used_in_hospital_toilets
https://twitter.com/5chan_nel (5ch newer account)
【要約】
ジェットハンドドライヤーは病院のトイレには不適切(リーズ大学)
強い風で水を吹き飛ばす際に菌を拡散させると言われているけど、実際に細菌の広がりを英仏伊3病院で測定。
ペーパータオルのほうがはるかにいい
https://twitter.com/Kyukimasa/status/1038203329661165568
Jet-air hand dryers in hospital toilets spread more germs than disposable paper towels and should not be used, say researchers.
Writing in the Journal of Hospital Infection, they argue that the official guidance about how to prevent bacterial contamination in hospital buildings needs to be strengthened.
At the moment, the official Department of Health guidance says air dryers can be placed in toilets in the public areas of a hospital but not in clinical areas: not because of the risks they pose for cross contamination but because they are noisy.
Mark Wilcox, Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Leeds who supervised the international study, said the guidance needed to focus on the infection risks, given the new evidence.
The new study looked at bacterial spread in a real world setting – in two toilets in each of three hospitals, which were in the UK, France and Italy. Each of the toilets had paper towel dispensers and jet-air dryers, but only one of these was in use on any given day.
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/4284/jet-air_dryers_should_not_be_used_in_hospital_toilets
https://twitter.com/5chan_nel (5ch newer account)