Devices, method and kits for reducing transmission of fecal pathogens
OwnerWayne P. Capolupoinventor
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Abstract
Devices, kits and methods are provided to reduce or even eliminate fecal contamination and cross-contamination and transmission of fecal-born pathogenic organisms by users employed in the food production and food preparation industries or users in a home, for example in restaurants, cruise ships, schools, hospitals, dormitories, transportation means and terminals, and government buildings, the devices and methods pertaining to a glove-like garment that is applied prior to disposal of feces and removed after disposal of toilet tissue. The glove is flushable, and in an embodiment includes means of retraction from the wrist area for inversion of the garment, followed by flushing the inverted removed glove.
Claims20
A method of reducing or eliminating contamination, cross-contamination and transmission of fecal pathogens and fecal material by human subjects, the method comprising:
- providing a device comprising a flushable glove-or mitten-type garment encompassing a covering for five digits and palm of a hand, wherein the garment consists of:
- (i) a non-woven wood-pulp based fabric (ii) a natural fiber selected from at least one of cotton, hemp, and flax, (iii) a binder consisting of polyvinyl alcohol within the non-woven wood-pulp based fabric which dissolves the device in an aqueous environment, and (iv) a degradable thread that joins together discrete surfaces of the garment;
- instructing subjects for using a single device for each occurrence of a fecal elimination, including after disposing of toilet paper or toilet tissue by releasing into the toilet, removing from the hand by inverting the device into a toilet and flushing for disposal;
- and,
- analyzing compliance with use and correlating extent of use with reducing or eliminating transmission of the fecal pathogen.
A method for improving personal hygiene sanitation, the method comprising:
- providing a kit comprising a device comprising a disposable flushable glove-or mitten-type garment encompassing a covering for five digits and palm of a hand, wherein the flushable glove-or mitten-type garment consists of:
- (i) a non-woven wood-pulp based fabric (ii) a natural fiber selected from at least one of cotton, hemp, and flax, (iii) a binder consisting of polyvinyl alcohol within the non-woven wood-pulp based fabric which dissolves the device in an aqueous environment, and (iv) a degradable thread that joins together discrete surfaces of the garment;
- using the device to reduce or eliminate contamination, cross-contamination and transmission of fecal pathogens and fecal material by human subjects;
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- correlating extent of use with reducing or eliminating transmission of the fecal pathogen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.