• Home
  • Doctoids
    • Just what the Doctor ordered
  • About Dr Lisa
  • Media Centre
    • Video Library
    • PR Campaigns
  • Blog
  • Shop
  • Contact

Blog

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Bags, Campylobacter, Chicken, E. coli, Shopping

    Bags for life or death?

    • by Dr Lisa Ackerley
    • 12th June 2017
    • Leave a comment

    With the 5p bag tax, bags for life are becoming a norm, and it’s great news for the environment. But one problem is that we could be putting our food into dirty bags, not just visibly dirty, but bags with dangerous bacteria on the inside.Read more

    TwitterFacebookLinkedInGoogle+Share
  • Home hygiene, Shopping, Travel Safely

    Is your car too smelly to sell?

    • by Dr Lisa Ackerley
    • 2nd November 2016
    • Leave a comment

    How Clean is your Car?

    Recent research by microbiologists at the University of Salford found higher levels of microbes on surfaces in cars than on keyboards and smartphone screens – but conversely a study carried out by Sellcar.co.uk found that most people think their cars are much cleaner than these everyday objects. So what’s the problem?

    Read more

    TwitterFacebookLinkedInGoogle+Share
  • Children, Shopping

    Getting trollied in the supermarket

    • by Dr Lisa Ackerley
    • 8th October 2016
    • Leave a comment

    Yesterday a listener on BBC Radio West Midlands was concerned about the fact that she kept seeing children standing in supermarket trolleys. It became particularly upsetting when as a result of this, one day she found dog faeces stuck to her shopping.

    Read more

    TwitterFacebookLinkedInGoogle+Share
  • Campylobacter, cleaning, Food Hygiene, Food Poisoning, Handwashing, Home hygiene, hygienic cleaning, Shopping

    Campylobacter Chicken maths

    • by Dr Lisa Ackerley
    • 6th October 2015
    • Leave a comment

    There are estimated to be 280,000 cases of Campylobacter every year and on average 110 deaths.  The Food Standards Agency reckons that this means that around one third of us in the UK will suffer from the disease at some point in our lives. Four out of five cases are associated with chicken.Read more

    TwitterFacebookLinkedInGoogle+Share
  • Wash berries to protect against norovirus
    Berries, Food Hygiene, Food Poisoning, Salads, Shopping

    Berries and Salads – what’s the risk?

    • by Dr Lisa Ackerley
    • 9th February 2015
    • Leave a comment

    Berries and salads are popular and highly nutritious. The trouble is, they could be contaminated with some micro-organisms we could do without: norovirus, E. coli, Salmonella to name but a few.

    A recent study in Denmark highlights the risks, and advises that consumers should wash fruit and vegetables thoroughly before use. But what about frozen berries such as raspberries (which I admit I am very keen on in smoothies)? You can hardly wash these, and they are sold as a read-to-eat food.

    Read more

    TwitterFacebookLinkedInGoogle+Share

Recent posts

  • Campylobacter food poisoning is not a mild dose of the runs
  • Keep the winter bugs away! Simple, practical tips.
  • Allergens and road kill – what’s the link?
  • Norovirus illness is not inevitable!
  • Baby hungry for formula! Speed & safety
  • Frozen Vegetables – What is the fuss about?
  • Are you losing sleep over bedroom hygiene?

Categories

Copyright 2019 The Hygiene Doctor - PR, press and media enquiries: lisa@thehygienedoctor.co.uk / 07703561967.

Design & development IT Builder