Posts Tagged ‘Disinfectant wipes’
Using bleach once a week is linked to fatal lung disease
A French study has found that weekly use of disinfectants by nurses is associated with developing chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD). The study supports urgent reconsideration of the widespread use of liquid disinfectants in favour of safer alternatives, including disinfectant-impregnated wipes. The large longitudinal study followed 55, 185 US nurses from 2009-2017, and evaluated risk factors for…
Read MoreStandardising the testing of disinfectant wipes
There has been quite a bit of discussion lately about the suitability of laboratory testing methods for wipes. This is a crucial issue, and may explain to a large degree the differences in wipe performed when tested in parallel. For example, a study of wipes with sporicidal claims found that few actually demonstrated meaningful sporicidal activity! A recent…
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