Disinfection study about children's woven toys used in healthcare setting

• Grant number: 10/07551-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2010
• End date: July 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Pathological Anatomy and Clinical Pathology
• Principal Investigator: Suely Mitoi Ykko Ueda
• Grantee: Suely Mitoi Ykko Ueda
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo (FCMSCSP). Fundação Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Lycia Mara Jenné Mimica

Abstract

This work, of experimental approach type, consists in the effectiveness test of the cloth toys disinfection, through the cleaning in the hospital laundry with the use of the protocols of available washes for light and heavy dirtiness. The presence of the cloth toys or cotton components in the toys used in the playroom or brought by the patients and by their relatives to the hospitals during the hospitalization period, as a form of humanization of the atmosphere, makes we think about the conservation form and disinfection of these toys in order to avoid contamination and to maintain viable its use. (AU)