*Peer reviewed scientific publications show Antimicrobial Copper to be effective against bacteria, viruses, fungi and moulds, including MRSA, Influenza A (H1N1), Clostridium difficile and VRE.
Antimicrobial Copper is the only touch surface material to have efficacy data independently verified through the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration which supports the claim to continuously kill more than 99.9% of the bacteria that cause HCAIs within two hours of contact. Organisms tested are MRSA, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli O157:H7 and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis.
Further work1 has demonstrated that Antimicrobial Copper outperforms two commercially available silver-containing coatings under typical indoor conditions.
A study2 on a busy medical ward at Selly Oak Hospital showed a 90-100% reduction in contamination on Antimicrobial Copper surfaces compared to surfaces made of conventional materials. Trials in the US and Chile confirm these results. Antimicrobial Copper surfaces are a supplement to, and not a substitute for, standard infection control practices and have been shown to reduce microbial contamination.
[1] Effects of temperature and humidity on the efficacy of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus challenged antimicrobial materials containing silver and copper. H T Michels, J O Noyce and C W Keevil, Letters in Applied Microbiology, 49 (2009) 191-195.
[2] Role of copper in reducing hospital environment contamination. A L Casey, D Adams, T J Karpanen, P A Lambert, B D Cookson, P Nightingale, L Miruszenko, R Shillam, P Christian and T S J Elliott, J Hosp Infect (2009).