From the ArcaMax Publishing, Health & Fitness Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/healthtips/s-346525-883230
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (UPI) -- Using a lotion that glows under
ultraviolet light, Canadian researchers show that up to one-third of
hospital patient toilets aren't properly cleaned.
The findings, published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases, also
show that spores from the bacteria Clostridium difficile linger in the
bathroom even when it has been thoroughly wiped down.
Michelle Alfa of the Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research In Health
and Medicine and a team of scientists from Manitoba investigated the
spread of superbugs in hospitals such as methicillin resistant
Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA and C. difficile.
Alfa's toilet inspectors smeared UV lotion under the seats of 20
toilets and commodes used by seven patients with C. difficile
infection, an additional 13 patients didn't suffer the infection.
The study found the commodes for the seven patients with C. difficle
hadn't been properly cleaned 72 percent of the time and half of the
toilets showed no residual UV lotion after cleaning.
The 13 patients without C. difficile had much cleaner toilets --14
percent showed the bacteria.