Thirty-eight percent of pillows retained infection-causing pathogens after disinfection
Recent studies showed that reusable pillows often are overlooked as a source of infection, according to an article on the FacilityCare website.
In one study, 38 percent of disinfected pillows retained infection-causing pathogens. In another study, “pathogen pass through” was tested between reusable pillows and two types of pillowcases: standard linen pillowcases and novel barrier pillowcases. One hundred percent of the linen cases permitted pass through, none of the novel cases did.
September 30, 2014
Topic Area: Safety
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