HPA Research into C. difficile Decontamination of Laundry

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From: Richard Taylor

10 March 2009

In January 2009 the HPA and Department of Health jointly published
the document: "Clostridium difficile infection: How to deal with
the problem". (1)

Within this document it was stated that: "Further research and
guidance is needed to investigate how successful laundry cleaning
methods and associated detergents/disinfectants are in removing and
killing C. difficile. "

Could you please release protocols used by any current research
projects being conducted by the HPA into the effectiveness of
various laundry cleaning methods in killing C.difficile and let me
know when and where I can expect the results of any such studies to
be published?

1. http://www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/HP...

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Richard Taylor

Cambridge

http://www.rtaylor.co.uk

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Health Protection Agency

19 March 2009

Hello Richard

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, section 1 (1)(a) I confirm that
we do not hold the information you require. There are no current Health
Protection Agency research projects underway regarding the effectiveness
of various cleaning methods in regard to C.difficile.

However the Department of Health or the Medical Research Council may be
aware of such projects elsewhere. Please see below the links to their
websites

[1]http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/ContactUs/index....

or

[2]http://www.mrc.ac.uk/index.htm

If you require any more information on this matter feel free to contact
me.

Kind regards,

Leigh

Leigh Kelly

Freedom of Information Officer

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