Antimicrobial surfaces and their potential in reducing the role of the inanimate environment in the incidence of hospital-acquired infections

K Page, M Wilson, IP Parkin - Journal of materials chemistry, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
… the role of surfaces and the inanimate environment in the spread of HAIs, and looks at various
antimicrobial techniques being researched to reduce microbial contamination of surfaces. …

Antimicrobial coatings for environmental surfaces in hospitals: a potential new pillar for prevention strategies in hygiene

W Bäumler, D Eckl, T Holzmann… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… Thus, inanimate surfaces are potential reservoirs for MoV allowing their transmission from …
the resistance development of bacteria on antimicrobial surfaces (Bleichert et al. Citation2021)…

An overview of the options for antimicrobial hard surfaces in hospitals

JA Otter - Use of biocidal surfaces for reduction of healthcare …, 2014 - Springer
antimicrobial surfaces (AMS), which exert a continuous reduction on the level of microbial
contamination on hospitals surfaces. … deposited on surfaces in the healthcare environment, it is …

Survival of microorganisms on inanimate surfaces

A Kramer, O Assadian - Use of biocidal surfaces for reduction of healthcare …, 2014 - Springer
… Microorganisms may be transmitted from animated sources to inanimate environmental sources,
… Such technologies may include antimicrobial surfaces on basis of different antimicrobial

Bacterial Pathogens and Their Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Inanimate Surfaces and Equipment in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis

T Kiros, S Damtie, T Eyayu, T Tiruneh… - BioMed research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… Bacterial contamination of inanimate surfaces of the hospital environment and equipment
is considered a major contributing factor to the development of several nosocomial infections …

Antimicrobial surfaces to prevent healthcare-associated infections: a systematic review

MP Muller, C Macdougall, M Lim, I Armstrong… - Journal of Hospital …, 2016 - Elsevier
… of healthcare surfaces. We aimed to determine whether antimicrobial surfaces prevent HCAI,
… on microbial contamination in the clinical environment, and no data were found assessing …

Bacterial profiles and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of isolates from inanimate hospital environments at Tikur Anbessa specialized teaching hospital, Addis Ababa …

S Sebre, WE Abegaz, A Seman, T Awoke… - Infection and Drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… , and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacterial isolates from environmental surfaces
and … Gram-positive ones were obtained from ICUs inanimate environments even our findings. …

Antimicrobial textiles and infection prevention: Clothing and the inanimate environment

RH McQueen, B Ehnes - Infection Prevention: New Perspectives and …, 2018 - Springer
… As part of the inanimate environment, textiles could act as a potential source of infection (…
and polymeric surfaces containing copper oxide are the only antimicrobial solid surface that …

Persistence of pathogens on inanimate surfaces: a narrative review

JE Wißmann, L Kirchhoff, Y Brüggemann, D Todt… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
… Importantly, in addition to aerosols, fomites (environmental surfaces) play an important
role for the transmission of adenoviruses. Due to the relevance of transmission via …

[HTML][HTML] Surface modifications for antimicrobial effects in the healthcare setting: A critical overview

C Adlhart, J Verran, NF Azevedo, H Olmez… - Journal of Hospital …, 2018 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial surfaces, and/or surfaces which are hard or difficult to abrade, coupled with …
An in-depth analysis of the toxicity and persistence of nano-antimicrobials in the environment is …