Antimicrobial Metals

Bacteria Adapt to and Evade Nanosilver

Researchers from University of New South Wales (UNSW) have cautioned that more work is needed to understand how microorganisms respond to the disinfecting properties of silver nanoparticles, increasingly used in consumer goods and for medical and environmental applications. ...More
2 weeks ago
Posted in News
Antimicrobial Copper Products in Hospitals Can be Considered as a Response to CDC's Warning on CRE

Deadly bacterial infections are on the rise in American hospitals, as antibiotics are being overcome by germs known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). While many antibiotics have failed to treat bacteria such as CRE, antimicrobial copper has been proven to ...More
March 12, 2013
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Rocky Mountain Hardware, Olin Brass to Produce Antimicrobial Copper Surface Hardware

Rocky Mountain Hardware, a manufacturer of solid bronze architectural hardware, is entering into a collaboration with Olin Brass to produce antimicrobial copper surface hardware. In announcing the relationship, Christian Nickum, Rocky Mountain’s CEO, says, “This represents ...More
February 12, 2013
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Slide Show: Antimicrobial Technology

ICT presents the first in a series of slide shows examining the basics of automated technologies that provide an adjunct solution to manual processes for the control, elimination and prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This first slide show addresses ...More
January 30, 2013
Posted in Galleries, Environmental Hygiene
Large-Scale, Multi-Site Test of Copper-Based Antimicrobial-Protected Materials is Announced

Sentara Healthcare, Cupron, EOS Surfaces and Encompass Group are joining together to evaluate the clinical and economic effectiveness of deploying antimicrobial copper-based hard surfaces and textiles in a range of healthcare environments. This comprehensive program is ...More
January 17, 2013
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Study Shows How Copper Restricts the Spread of Infections

New research from the University of Southampton has shown that copper can prevent horizontal transmission of genes, which has contributed to the increasing number of antibiotic-resistant infections worldwide. ...More
December 4, 2012
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Studies Prove Copper Kills Bacteria, Provides Viable Solution to the Problem of HAIs

A recent Harris Interactive survey on the attitudes of the American public toward healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) revealed that almost one-quarter (24 percent) of U.S. adults or someone they know have had an infection as a result of a stay in a hospital; and that 37 ...More
November 29, 2012
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Copper Surfaces Could Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections

Research from the Medical University of South Carolina suggests that adding copper to hospital surfaces which are commonly touched by medical personnel and patients could help reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections. The findings appear in the July 2012 issue of the ...More
July 18, 2012
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Ions, Not Particles, Make Silver Toxic to Bacteria

Rice University researchers have settled a long-standing controversy over the mechanism by which silver nanoparticles, the most widely used nanomaterial in the world, kill bacteria. Their work comes with a Nietzsche-esque warning: Use enough. If you don’t kill them, you ...More
July 11, 2012
Posted in News
UCLA Study to Determine if Copper Surfaces Can Reduce HAIs

Hospital-acquired infections are a huge public health burden, and hospital environments play a key role in harboring potentially deadly bacteria such as E. coli, C. difficile and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. These microbes may persist for extended periods in ...More
July 9, 2012
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene