The new coating prevents the spread of microorganisms obtained by hospitals

The MOBACT project, funded by the Valencia Innovation Authority (AVI), is developing bio-based solutions as environmentally sustainable alternatives to metals to address the major public health problems of current hospital-accessible infections.
results will be validated in a real hospital environment.
because of its severity, the COVID-19 pandemic is now the focus of almost all health care

. However, other public health issues remain of high concern to the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), such as hospital-based infections. Diseases caused by microorganisms are transmitted through contact surfaces. Depending on their nature and environmental conditions, these surfaces can hold microbial bacteria for months, even after proper cleaning.
to meet this challenge, AIMPLAS, a plastics technology centre, is developing the MOBACT project with funding from the Valencia Innovation Authority (AVI). The project was implemented by a consortium of AIMPLAS, the Institute of Materials Technology of the University of Valencia Institute of Technology, Lamberti and Industrias Tayg, and the Rafi Hospital Health Institute. The goal of the project is to develop a technology that can reduce microbial reproduction on the medical surface near patients to reduce the burden of up to one-third of such diseases, a health risk that requires significant public expenditure.
Ethy-environmental materials
The Technology Center's research aims to obtain new materials based on active substances with antibacterial or sterilization capabilities that can be used as coatings on furniture and surfaces or for mass production of injection components to prevent the accumulation and spread of microorganisms. Ensuring environmental sustainability of materials is another project objective and renewable-sourced compounds are being used as substitutes for metal compounds, which have traditionally been used in these solutions due to their high temperature resistance to different conversion processes.
new bio-based compounds will be encapsulated in polymer substates, so they can be used as water-based varnishes for furniture and surface coatings, as well as for mass production of injection products. The results will be validated in a real hospital environment to check their functionality and compliance with current regulations.