Wide-spectrum activity of a silver-impregnated fabric

Charles P. Gerba; Laura Y. Sifuentes; Gerardo U. Lopez; Sherif Abd-Elmaksoud; Jesse Calabrese; Benjamin Tanner

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2015.11.033

Wide-spectrum activity of a silver-impregnated fabric

Charles P. Gerba
, Laura Y. Sifuentes
, Gerardo U. Lopez
, Sherif Abd-Elmaksoud
, Jesse Calabrese
, Benjamin Tanner

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	689-690
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	44
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.11.033
State	Published - Jun 1 2016

Keywords

Antimicrobial
Bacteria
Drug-resistant bacteria
Fungi
Spores
Viruses

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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