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WINNER OF THE 2011 NIGHTINGALE AWARD for excellence and innovation in heathcare product design that contribute to the quality of healthcare
Hardware that does more than open doors.
There is a new weapon in the fight against the bacteria* that cause deadly infections - cabinet and door hardware made from CuVerro® EPA registered Antimicrobial Copper Alloys.
It's a fact that relying on behavior changes alone as a means of infection prevention is a risky strategy - that's why hand washing protocols, draping and gowning will never have the same success in combating bacterial growth as antimicrobial copper touch surfaces.
Always working without the need for human intervention, antimicrobial copper is the evidence-based choice for commonly touched surfaces.
*Laboratory testing shows that, when cleaned regularly, CuVerro® Antimicrobial Copper surfaces kill greater than 99.9% of the following bacteria within 2 hours of exposure: MRSA, Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VRE), Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and E. coli O157:H7. Antimicrobial Copper surfaces are a supplement to and not a substitute for standard infection control practices and have been shown to reduce microbial contamination, but do not necessarily prevent cross contamination; users must continue to follow all current infection control practices.
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Why Install Antimicrobial Copper? Just compare the cost of installing Antimicrobial copper to the cost of treating infections
UK Study determines that installing Antimicrobial copper touch surfaces in a 20 bed ward cost the equivalent of treating 1.5 healthcare associated infections
Consultant Microbiologist at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Professor Elliott led the UK trial of antimicrobial copper surfaces at Birmingham’s Selly Oak Hospital. He and his team discovered touch surfaces such as taps, door handles, light switches and dressings trolleys that were made from copper and copper alloys benefitted from the metal’s natural antimicrobial activity and had greater than 90% less microbial contamination on them than the same items on the same ward made from conventional materials. This finding has since been confirmed by results from US and Chilean studies.
In the Selly Oak trial, Professor Elliott judged that the cost of installing antimicrobial copper surfaces on the 20-bed general medical ward was roughly equivalent to the cost associated with treating 1.5 healthcare-associated infections. He further pointed out: “For the one-off cost of installing antimicrobial copper surfaces, you get continuous microbial contamination reduction throughout the products’ life, and these materials are durable and long-lasting.”
