700310Laundry DecontaminationClosedGRD Proof of MarketInnovate UKThe UK is one of the few countries that permit healthcare workers not only to wear their uniforms to and from work but also to launder them at home; however this could be considered to be a source of infection. Whilst NHS guidelines recommend high temperature washing or disinfecting under controlled conditions it is difficult to carry this out in most domestic washing machines. Corium has developed an anti-pathogen treatment for leather products that has been trialled to treat healthcare uniforms and has the potential to inhibit pathogen development in textiles on a long term basis using the low temperature washing cycle of a domestic washer in the range 30-40 deg C. The purpose of the grant application is to analyse the market potential for this innovation