             Perry *et al*. 2001 \[[@B19-ijerph-09-03330]\]
  *Acinetobacter baumannii*                                                                                                                                       Bed linen and curtains         After use                                Hota *et al*. 2004 \[[@B20-ijerph-09-03330]\]
  MRSA                                                                                                                                                            Bed linen and uniforms                                                  
  Coagulase negative Staphylococci, *Corynebacterium* spp., *Micrococcus* spp., *Bacillus* spp., *Enterococcus* spp., saprophytic Gram negative bacilli, moulds   Sheets, pyjamas and uniforms   After laundering in hospital laundries   Fijan *et al*. 2005 \[[@B21-ijerph-09-03330]\]
  Rotaviral RNA                                                                                                                                                   Sheets, pyjamas and uniforms   After laundering in hospital laundries   Fijan *et al*. 2008 \[[@B22-ijerph-09-03330]\]
  Parainfluenza virus                                                                                                                                             Hospital gown                  4 h after inoculation                    Brady *et al*. 1990 \[[@B23-ijerph-09-03330]\]
  Vancomycin resistant enterococci                                                                                                                                Bed linen                      11 weeks after inoculation               Hochmuth *et al*. 2005 \[[@B24-ijerph-09-03330]\]

The report by Brady \[[@B23-ijerph-09-03330]\] indicates that the parainfluenza virus can survive 4 h on clothing; thus suggesting the need to consider fomites as a possible source of transmission of the virus. In the report by Perry and co-workers \[[@B19-ijerph-09-03330]\] microbiological sampling of nurses' uniforms yielded the detection of