Reuth Medical Center, Cupron Sign Agreement to Supply Textiles Following Successful Clinical Trial
Cupron Inc., developer of copper-based materials, and Reuth Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, announce that the hospital will be updating all of its patient-related hospital textiles to Cuprons copper-embedded products later this summer. It will be the worlds first hospital to fully deploy copper-embedded textiles.
The decision by Reuth Medical Center, following a six-month trial of copper-embedded linens supplied by Cupron for investigational purposes, was based on the significant clinical improvement seen across several hospital benchmarks. The evaluation took place in the 35-bed head injury ward of the Reuth Rehabilitation Center in Tel Aviv, where during two separate six-month periods, Cuprons copper-embedded products were compared against the standard linens and textiles the hospital was using.
"Based on the impressive results of the clinical trial, both in terms of the patient benefit and the potential this technology has to reduce costs, the decision to purchase Cupron's textiles for use throughout the hospital was clear, says Dr. Nissim Ohana, Director General of Reuth Medical Center. Cuprons copper-based products were a simple solution that didnt require any additional steps to our normal hospital procedures. It turned out that ordinary products used daily in the hospital could transform to extraordinary ones and provide a safer environment to the patient.
For centuries, copper has been used as an anti-bacterial agent. Other research studies have shown copper to effectively reduce the incidence of healthcare-associated infections by reducing cross contamination, preventing the colonization of pathogens, and efficaciously killing bacteria on a wide range of touch surfaces.
Given the need to control healthcare costs, while at the same time improve patient care and safety, the healthcare industry is actively exploring the use of innovative copper-based solutions, says Paul Rocheleau, chairman of Cupron. Because our technology can be embedded into such a diverse range of products including hospital linens, Cupron, and our partners, are able to supply hospitals like Reuth Medical Center with a comprehensive set of products aimed at better protecting their patients and staff.
Results from the study will be made public at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Berlin.
Source: Cupron
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