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Chemical Disinfection of Hospital Woollen Blankets in Laundering
Author(s) -
Dickinson J. C.,
Wagg R. E.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1966.tb03484.x
Subject(s) - laundry , pulp and paper industry , waste management , medicine , blanket , environmental science , toxicology , biology , materials science , engineering , composite material
S ummary . Three laundry disinfecting processes for woollen blankets were tested in a hospital laundry against total bacteria. Results were somewhat indefinite owing to a low general level of infection and the incidence of slight recontamination during drying. Before drying, disinfection was demonstrated. Laboratory simulated launderings on pieces of blanket infected with Pseudomonas pyocyanea showed significant differences between the processes.