Sabina Fijan (Avtor), Srečko Koren (Avtor), Avrelija Cencič (Avtor), Sonja Šostar-Turk (Avtor)

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Recent studies confirm the increase of nosocomial infections and microbial resistance. One of the possible causes is infected textiles due to inappropriate laundering procedures. Most Slovenian laundries use thermal laundering procedures with high energy and water consumption to disinfect hospital textiles. In addition to this fact, there is an increasing number of hospital textiles composed of cotton/polyester blends that cannot endure high temperatures of thermal disinfection. On the other hand, decreasing the temperature of laundering procedures enhances the possibility of pathogenic microorganisms to survive the laundering procedure. In our research, we determined the antimicrobic laundering effect by simulating a common laundering procedure for hospital textiles in the laboratory washing machine at different temperatures by the use of bioindicators. Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium terrae, Enterobacter aerogenes, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were used for determining the antibacterial laundering effect. Candida albicans was used for determining the antifungal laundering effect. Swine blood, artificial sweat, and swine fat were used as substrates for simulating human excrements and were inoculated together with the chosen microorganisms onto cotton pieces to simulate real laundering conditions. It was found that E. faecium, S. aureus, E. aerogenes, and P. aeruginosa survivedat 60 °C, but no microorganisms were found at 75 °C.

Ključne besede

nega tekstilij;bolnišnično perilo;higiena pralnic;mikroorganizmi;kakovostni parametri pranja;razkuževalni učinek;sanitarno-mikrobiološki parametri;textile care;hospital laundry;laundry hygiene;micro-organisms;bioindicators;disinfection effect;hospital-acquired disease prevention;sanitary measures;

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Jezik: Angleški jezik
Leto izida:
Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
Organizacija: UM FS - Fakulteta za strojništvo
UDK: 677.07:648.23:613
COBISS: 10756118 Povezava se bo odprla v novem oknu
ISSN: 0732-8893
Št. ogledov: 2310
Št. prenosov: 98
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Sekundarni jezik: Angleški jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede: nega tekstilij;bolnišnično perilo;higiena pralnic;mikroorganizmi;kakovostni parametri pranja;razkuževalni učinek;sanitarno-mikrobiološki parametri;
URN: URN:SI:UM:
Strani: str. 251-257
Letnik: ǂVol. ǂ57
Zvezek: ǂiss. ǂ3
Čas izdaje: Mar. 2007
ID: 8718626