New insights into the antimicrobial mechanisms of copper touch surfaces
Keevil, B. and Warnes, S. (2011) New insights into the antimicrobial mechanisms of copper touch surfaces. BMC Proceedings, 5, supplement 6, P39. (doi:10.1186/1753-6561-5-S6-P39).
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Description/Abstract
Survival of pathogens on touch surfaces contributes to increasing incidence and spread of antibiotic resistance and infection in hospitals. One way to address this could be to use biocidal surfaces in conjunction with improved cleaning regimes. Exposure to moist copper alloy surfaces, to simulate fomite contamination, resulted in a rapid kill of significant bacterial, viral and fungal pathogens. We now report studies on dry surfaces with a range of pathogens to elucidate the antimicrobial mechanism.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1753-6561 (print) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RB Pathology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences > Biological Sciences |
| Item ID: | 344789 |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2012 14:39 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2012 14:39 |
| Contributors: | Keevil, B. (Author) Warnes, S. (Author) |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/344789 |
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