Copper Kills Bacteria

Working surface sterilization at laboratory facilities is a part of procedures repeated multiple times a day. After all, sterilization effectiveness can ultimately determine your company’s success or failure. 

However, sterilization effectiveness can be difficult or even impossible to estimate directly – you simply need to rely on the conscientiousness of your personnel and on the chemical agents they use. In practice, an ‘acceptable’ sterilization level must prove sufficient.

However, there is still plenty of room for improvement. Researchers from the Southampton University who tested the bacteriostatic properties of copper have arrived at surprising conclusions. It took only few minutes to eliminate bacteria on contact with a surface coated with copper. It doesn’t get any simpler and safer than that...

With the aid of present-day technologies, virtually any materials can now have a film of copper applied cheaply on its surface.  In view of the potential benefits, it is would be undoubtedly advisable to consider such option.

Bacteriostatic properties of copper and silver have been known for centuries, and we have apparently missed something. Otherwise such a simple solution would have been universally applicable by now.

Read the article in the original version and watch the movie featuring the author of the study:

http://medtechinsider.com/archives/22207