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Borkow G, Salvatori R, Kanmukhla VK. Drastic Reduction of Bacterial, Fungal and Viral Pathogen Titers by Cuprous Oxide Impregnated Medical Textiles. J Funct Biomater. 2021;12(1)doi: 10.3390/jfb12010009.
Borkow, G., Salvatori, R., & Kanmukhla, V. K. (2021). Drastic Reduction of Bacterial, Fungal and Viral Pathogen Titers by Cuprous Oxide Impregnated Medical Textiles. Journal of functional biomaterials, 12(1), . https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb12010009
Borkow, Gadi, et al. "Drastic Reduction of Bacterial, Fungal and Viral Pathogen Titers by Cuprous Oxide Impregnated Medical Textiles." Journal of functional biomaterials vol. 12,1 (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb12010009
Borkow G, Salvatori R, Kanmukhla VK. Drastic Reduction of Bacterial, Fungal and Viral Pathogen Titers by Cuprous Oxide Impregnated Medical Textiles. J Funct Biomater. 2021 Feb 01;12(1). doi: 10.3390/jfb12010009. PMID: 33535519; PMCID: PMC7930948.
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J Funct Biomater. 2021 Feb 01;12(1). doi: 10.3390/jfb12010009.

Drastic Reduction of Bacterial, Fungal and Viral Pathogen Titers by Cuprous Oxide Impregnated Medical Textiles.

Journal of functional biomaterials

Gadi Borkow, Rachel Salvatori, Vikram K Kanmukhla

Affiliations

  1. Cupron Scientific Ltd., Hasadnaot 10, Herzliya 4672837, Israel.
  2. Cupron Inc., 4329 November Avenue, Richmond, VA 23231, USA.

PMID: 33535519 PMCID: PMC7930948 DOI: 10.3390/jfb12010009

Abstract

Hospital patients and personnel are at risk of nosocomial viral infections, as clearly manifested during the COVID-19 pandemic. Transmission of respiratory viral pathogens can occur through contaminated surfaces, including from medical textiles. Copper has potent biocidal properties, and cuprous oxide impregnated medical textiles (CMT) reduce hospital-acquired bacterial infections. In the current study we confirm the antimicrobial properties of CMT and determine their capacity to reduce infectious titres of human coronavirus (HCoV-229E) in an independent laboratory. The antibacterial and antiviral activities of the CMT were determined according to AATCC TM100-2019 and ISO 18184:2019 standards, respectively. The CMT reduced by 4 logs the viable titers of MRSA,

Keywords: coronavirus; cuprous oxide; hospital acquired infections; medical textiles; pathogens

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