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Harmful bacteria found on 92% of mobile phones

15th October 2011

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine have found that more than nine in ten mobile phones are coated with harmful bacteria.

Although 95% of the 390 participants claimed to wash their hands with soap whenever they could, some 16 per cent of hands and phones contained E.coli, which is transmitted in faeces and can cause serious illness and even death.

Some 31% of hands and 25% of phones harboured Staphylococcus aureus (one strain of which is better known as MRSA).

In total 92% of mobile phones and 82% of hands tested had some traces of bacteria.

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E.coli now linked to crab meat

14th December 2011

Health protection officers are investigating an outbreak of E.coli O157 in Plymouth that is believed to be linked to crab meat. Environmental health officers and the Health Protection Agency (HPA) launched an inquiry after nine cases were confirmed in August. Investig... ...read on

Welsh oyster beds reopen

9th December 2011

Oyster beds in the Milford Haven waterway have reopened a month after routine samples found dangerously high levels of E.coli bacteria in the area from the Cleddau Bridge to Picton Point. Additional samples were collected by the Po... ...read on

Surrey nursery closes

1st December 2011

Part of the Pavilion Day Nursery in Sunbury upon Thames has been closed for deep cleaning after a child was diagnosed with E.coli O157, the Health Protection Agency has said. The agency has sent letters to parents of children who a... ...read on

Safer Drinking Water in Ireland

30th November 2011

A report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that public drinking water supplies in Ireland now have similar compliance levels for the E.coli bacteria to those in England, Wales and the Netherlands. The bacteria, wh... ...read on

Welsh health board investigates cases of ESBL E.coli

29th November 2011

Following recent deaths of two babies at Singleton Hospital in Swansea and a mother who tested positive for ESBL E.coli, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg (ABM) University Health Board has confirmed that one of the two initial cases of suspected ESBL E.coli cross infection has n... ...read on