A survey of surfaces in hotel rooms finds television remotes to be among the most heavily contaminated with bacteria and items on housekeeping carts carry the potential to cross-contaminate rooms. Participants discuss the results of this survey, the first step in to objectively assess sanitation by applying NASA's Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points system to the hygiene of hotel rooms.
Katie Kirsch, University of Houston
Jonathan Eisen, Univ. of California, Davis
