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    Improved silver coating on medical devices prevents infection

    • Last Update: 2022-05-11
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Image: A new silver coating (pictured above) prevents bacteria from sticking to medical devices



    According to folklore, silver bullets can kill werewolves, but in the real world, researchers want to use the metal against another deadly enemy: bacteria


    Sometimes medical care requires a surgeon to implant a device, such as a tube, to drain a wound or bladder, or to deliver medication directly into the bloodstream


    To develop an easy-to-use coating, the team screened a number of constituent components that they could apply to a surface in a single step


    The new coating formulation effectively blocked microbes when exposed to more than 28 days of eight of the most common bacteria that cause serious infections


    The authors thank the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund, and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research for funding



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