Laundry Hygiene and Visible Cleanliness: An Attempt to Predict the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Laundering Processes by its Cleaning Performance

• Published in: Tenside Surfactants Detergents Vol. 55; no. 5; pp. 391 - 397
• Main Authors: Honisch, Marlitt, Stamminger, Rainer, Bockmühl, Dirk P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 14.09.2018
• Subjects: Domestic hygiene; Fleckenentfernung; Haushaltsgeräte; Haushaltshygiene; household appliances; microbial reduction factor; mikrobieller Reduktionsfaktor; stain removal; textile care; Textilpflege

Insufficiently decontaminated textiles could lead to transmission of infections. Thus, laundry hygiene is of particular interest and investigated in numerous studies. However, laundering experiments that use microorganisms to investigate the reduction of microbial loads on textiles are particularly...