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posted by Fnord666 on Friday October 06 2017, @04:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the high-five-for-sterility dept.

Scientists have developed a novel weapon in the battle against deadly hospital-acquired infections - a textile that disinfects itself.

And independent tests show it can reduce bacteria levels by more than 90 per cent.

By incorporating the specially-engineered textile in a device designed to be used on hospital doors instead of the traditional aluminium door plate, that part of the door that people push to open it - they aim to bolster hand hygiene.

The self-disinfecting device - known as Surfaceskins - has been developed by a spin out company from the University of Leeds and is the culmination of seven years research and development.

Hospital doors are recognised as a key weak link in hygiene because of the number of times people touch them.

You risk infection from hospital doors, not the homeless guy spewing in the bay next to you. This fabric will help.

E.L. Best et al, The potential of alcohol release doorplates to reduce surface contamination during hand contact, Journal of Hospital Infection (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.07.027


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 07 2017, @07:18AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 07 2017, @07:18AM (#578505)

    That "Cuverro" is just cupronickel. It is what the US "nickel" coin is made of.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupronickel [wikipedia.org]

    It's the obvious choice. It's corrosion resistant to everything normal except ammonia. (ammonia attacks copper) It looks nice. Both copper and nickel damage bacteria, and with this you get both.

    I really despise how we obscure everything behind trademarks. We lose understanding and standardization, which might be the whole point.