Copper’s turning up all over the kitchen and turns out its the healthy choice. Kitchens can be dangerous places and not just because of the sharp knives or naked flames. According to a study by NSF International, kitchen sinks contain the most germs in a home – more than 500,000 bacteria per square inch. Of […]
We Can Stop Hospitals Making You Sick
Around 165,000 Australians pick up infections in hospitals every year. That’s a disgrace. It shouldn’t be happening, but copper embedded hospital uniforms could soon make a big dent in the problem. Hospital infections are spread mostly by touch. They hit already sick people hard, killing around 7% or keeping them in hospital nearly 6 times […]
We Can Stop Hospitals Making You Sick
Around 165,000 Australians pick up infections in hospitals every year. That’s a disgrace. It shouldn’t be happening, but copper embedded hospital uniforms could soon make a big dent in the problem. Hospital infections are spread mostly by touch. They hit already sick people hard, killing around 7% or keeping them in hospital nearly 6 times […]
It’s Just Cleaner With Copper
Once again hospital surfaces made from copper have been proven to have fewer germs than anything else. A new U.S. study at the Grinnell Medical Centre found far less bacteria on products made from copper or copper alloys such as grab bars, toilet flushes, IV poles, switches, keyboards, sinks and dispensers. Non copper products, even […]
Paging Doctor Copper
The Wall Street Journal says Antimicrobial Copper is winning fans in healthcare because it keeps killing bacteria. A recent major article in the respected Wall Street Journal (WSJ) says copper “is good for your health” and that “more than 150 health-care and other facilities have installed antimicrobial copper alloy surfaces manufactured in the U.S. since […]
Copper’s ‘No-Touch Disinfection Technology’
Antimicrobial Copper surfaces in a children’s hospital in Chile dramatically cut the presence of bacteria. The 12-month joint US-Chile clinical trial at the Roberto del Rio Children’s Hospital in Chile studied bacteria load on both eight surfaces-bed rails, bed rail levers, IV poles, tap handles and the nurses’ workstation-that were either standard or made from […]
Hospital Shows How To Fight Bugs With Copper
A U.S. hospital loves its Antimicrobial Copper surfaces so much they made a movie about them. Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Iowa’s largest hospital serving 40,000 residents, has been installing antimicrobial copper touch surfaces to actively fight germs and stop the spread of infections between patients, staff and visitors. But they’ve been so impressed with the […]
