HC Deb 19 April 2004 vol 420 c189W
Dr. Gibson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what studies he has made of hospital shower curtains as a source of micro-organisms. [163760]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The Department has not commissioned any research into hospital shower curtains as a source of pathogenic micro-organisms. There is no evidence of disease linked to micro-organisms found on shower curtains within the United Kingdom.