Author:
Schmidt Michael G.,Attaway Hubert H.,Fairey Sarah E.,Steed Lisa L.,Michels Harold T.,Salgado Cassandra D.
Abstract
Cleaning is an effective way to lower the bacterial burden (BB) on surfaces and minimize the infection risk to patients. However, BB can quickly return. Copper, when used to surface hospital bed rails, was found to consistently limit surface BB before and after cleaning through its continuous antimicrobial activity.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Epidemiology
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