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Converting to copper surfaces may reduce hospital infection rates

A 10-year study showed that replacing standard hospital surfaces with copper materials cut health care-associated infections by roughly half.The study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, tracked health care-associated infection (HAI) rates before and after the installation of 16% to 20% copper oxide on high-touch surfaces at the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System.The results were no surprise…

Source: Healio News

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