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Hygienic Wall Cladding - Added Benefits of Antimicrobial (Care Home Case Study)
Go to http://www.bioclad.com for full details about the antimicrobial hygienic wall cladding tests. INDEPENDENT STUDY BioClad Reduces Bacteria on Kitchen Walls to 0% A microbiological analysis of BioCote-treated BioClad® PVC wall cladding installed in a food preparation environment. Date of study: October 2012 - Study Aim This study aimed to compare levels of bacterial contamination isolated from surfaces in a busy kitchen situated in a UK care home. The study #39;s main objective was to compare bacterial contamination on the antimicrobial wall cladding with other surfaces in the kitchen. The care home kitchen had been fitted with BioClad® PVC wall cladding (Advanced Hygienic Cladding Ltd, Harrogate, UK) at the time of construction in 2011. All walls in the rectangular-shaped room were fitted with BioClad® from ceiling to floor. The antimicrobial performance of the wall cladding was to be appraised according to the findings of the study. Methods Transport medium swabs were collected from various surfaces situated in working kitchen (Fig. 1) of a recently commissioned (2011) care home for the elderly located in the UK. Swabbing was performed by rubbing an object #39;s surface area of 25cm2 (typically 5cm by 5cm) with the cotton tip of a pre-moistened bacterial transport swabs. Objects swabbed from the kitchen are identified in Figure 1. Swabs were transported to the microbiology laboratory for processing but kept at 4oC during transport. Bacteria collected on the swabs were transferred ...From:bioclad claddingViews:213 4ratingsTime:00:58More inPeople Blogs

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