Microbiological and epidemiological data indicates that clothing and household linens are a risk factor for infection transmission in home and everyday life settings as well as institutional settings. The lack of quantitative data linking contaminated clothing to infection in the domestic setting makes it difficult to assess the extent of this risk. This also indicates that risks from clothing and household linens are somewhat less than those associated with hands, hand contact and food contact surfaces, and cleaning cloths, but even so these risks need to be managed through effective laundering practices. In the home, this should be carried out as part of a multibarrier approach to hygiene which includes hand, food, respiratory, and other hygiene practices.
microbiological and epidemiological data indicates that clothing and household linens are a risk factor for infection transmission in home and everyday life settings as well as institutional settings the lack of quantitative data linking contaminated clothing to infection in the domestic setting makes it difficult to assess the extent of this risk this also indicates that risks from clothing and household linens are somewhat less than those associated with hands hand contact and food contact surfaces and cleaning cloths but even so these risks need to be managed through effective laundering practices in the home this should be carried out as part of a multibarrier approach to hygiene which includes hand food respiratory and other hygiene practices