TY - JOUR
T1 - Wide-spectrum activity of a silver-impregnated fabric
AU - Gerba, Charles P.
AU - Sifuentes, Laura Y.
AU - Lopez, Gerardo U.
AU - Abd-Elmaksoud, Sherif
AU - Calabrese, Jesse
AU - Tanner, Benjamin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Fabrics, such as clothing, drapes, pillowcases, and bedsheets are potential sources of pathogenic bacteria and viruses. We found fabrics (ie, professional clothing, pillowcases, and lab coats) treated with a silver-impregnated material to be effective in significantly reducing a wide spectrum of ordinary and drug-resistant microorganisms, including Salmonella, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Propionibacterium acnes, Trichphyton mentagrophytes, and norovirus. Fabrics impregnated with antimicrobial agents help provide an additional barrier to the transport or reservoir of pathogens in health care environments.
AB - Fabrics, such as clothing, drapes, pillowcases, and bedsheets are potential sources of pathogenic bacteria and viruses. We found fabrics (ie, professional clothing, pillowcases, and lab coats) treated with a silver-impregnated material to be effective in significantly reducing a wide spectrum of ordinary and drug-resistant microorganisms, including Salmonella, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Propionibacterium acnes, Trichphyton mentagrophytes, and norovirus. Fabrics impregnated with antimicrobial agents help provide an additional barrier to the transport or reservoir of pathogens in health care environments.
KW - Antimicrobial
KW - Bacteria
KW - Drug-resistant bacteria
KW - Fungi
KW - Spores
KW - Viruses
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.11.033
DO - 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.11.033
M3 - Article
C2 - 26827093
AN - SCOPUS:84955607817
SN - 0196-6553
VL - 44
SP - 689
EP - 690
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
IS - 6
ER -