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LEISURE AND RETAIL FACILITIES


A HYGIENIC CHRISTMAS AT LEISURE


With everyone out and about at during the festive season, Stuart Hands from Tork manufacturer Essity, looks at the role played by the public washroom in keeping us safe from infections and viruses.


Christmas is a time when families and friends travel from far and wide to meet up for festive get-togethers. Some people congregate in pubs and clubs while families with young children head for the pantomime or join the queue to see Santa in his grotto. Others head to the shops to buy festive food for the table and gifts for their loved-ones.


But germs can quickly spread in any large gathering, particularly during the winter months when colds and flu are rife and the norovirus is at its most active. No one wants to be ill over Christmas. However, it is difficult to avoid picking up a bug in a crowded shopping centre, theatre, restaurant or bar since many infections and


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viruses are passed on via coughs and sneezes from an infected person.


Germs can also be transmitted by hand contact or by touching a surface that an infected person has previously touched. So the possibilities for infection are endless in any environment where people are shaking hands, serving drinks, handing over cash and using card machines and keypads to pay for goods.


A UK study carried out in October 2018 assessed the germ count on 36 samples of banknotes and coins which were found to harbour 19 different types of bacteria including MRSA, VRE and Listeria.


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