"Sticky" Stomach Flu Virus Stands Up to Typical Restaurant Dishwashing Measures
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 18:00
in Health & Medicine
Restaurant dishes and silverware may be an overlooked place where people can catch stomach viruses. While the current industry guidelines for cleaning dishware used in public settings are effective at neutralizing bacteria, researchers at The Ohio State University found that they appear to fall short of eliminating norovirus - the leading cause of epidemic gastroenteritis and the major cause of foodborne illness worldwide, responsible for at least 50% of all gastroenteritis outbreaks in the United States.