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Evaluation of products for treating babies' napkins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

H. Gaya ,
J. Thirlwall ,
Elizabeth J. Shaw  and
Zerha Hassam
H. Gaya
Affiliation:
Departments of Bacteriology and Computing, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London W2 1PG
J. Thirlwall
Affiliation:
Departments of Bacteriology and Computing, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London W2 1PG
Elizabeth J. Shaw
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE
Zerha Hassam
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE
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A test is described for assessing the sanitizing effect of napkin treatment products on naturally urine-wetted and faecally-contaminated napkins. This test defines in-use conditions which closely resemble typical domestic situations. One napkin treatment product (‘Napisan’), tested at two different concentrations and with challenges of different numbers of babies' napkins, performed satisfactorily under the conditions used.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 82 , Issue 3 , June 1979 , pp. 463 - 471
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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