Laundry, kitchens and healthcare waste

Ayliffe's Control of Healthcare-Associated Infection Fifth Edition: A Practical Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 150-168

  Hoffman, Peter ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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References (13)

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2. Barrie D, Wilson JA, Hoffman PN and Kramer JM (1992) Bacillus cereus meningitis in two neurosurgical patients: an investigation into the source of the organism. Journal of Hospital Infection 25, 291.
3. Barrie D, Hoffman PN, Wilson JA and Kramer JM (1994) Contamination of hospital linen by Bacillus cereus. Epidemiology and Infection 113, 297.
4. Bates CJ, Wilcox MH, Smith TL and Spencer RC (1993) The efficiency of a hospital dry cleaning cycle in disinfecting material contaminated with bacteria and viruses. Journal of Hospital Infection 23, 255.
5. British Standards Institution (2002) EN 14065:2002 Textiles - laundry processed textiles - biocontamination control system. Milton Keynes: British Standards Institution.
6. Department of Health (1995) Health Service Guideline HSG(95)18: Hospital laundry arrangements for used and infected linen. London: Department of Health. [This is in the process of being updated at the time of writing as Health Technical Memorandum 01-04.]
7. Department of Health (2006) Health Technical Memorandum 07-01: Safe management of healthcare waste. London: Department of Health.
8. European Parliament, Council (2004) Regulation (EC) No. 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April on the hygiene of foodstuffs. OJL 139, 30.4.2004, 1-54.
9. Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations (2005) Statutory Instrument 2005 No. 894. Available online at: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20050894.htm (last accessed 29 October 2008).
10. Health Protection Agency (2004) Working Group of the former PHLS Advisory Committee on Gastrointestinal Infections preventing person-to-person spread following gastrointestinal infections: guidelines for public health physicians and environmental health officers. Communicable Disease and Public Health 7, 362. Available online at: www.hpa.org.uk.
11. Little C (2005) Food handlers and fitness to work. Health and Hygiene 26, 12.
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13. Wilson JA, Loveday HP, Hoffman PN and Pratt RJ (2007) Uniform: an evidence review of the microbiological significance of uniforms and uniform policy in the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections. Report to the Department of Health (England). Journal of Hospital Infection 66, 301.