Scientists back new cleaner to fight superbug
TRIALS of a disinfectant have found it cuts levels of MRSA by a third compared to standard cleaning agents used by the NHS, it emerged yesterday.
The product, Byotrol, was tested in an 11-month study at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) following earlier trials at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
The disinfectant achieved an even bigger 50 per cent cut in MRSA levels when it was tested in the Scottish hospital in 2006.
Byotrol works by continuing to kill bacteria for days after it has first been applied.
Professor Curtis Gemmell, from Glasgow University who conducted the Glasgow trial, said: "It is clear from the MRI study that the cleanliness attained with Byotrol was superior to bleach and the results warrant its adoption."
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