Copper BioHealth Looking to Reduce Infections in Hospitals

Hannah Block of NPR’s Goats and Soda interviewed Constanza Correa of Copper BioHealth, a Chilean startup looking to cut down infections in hospitals by using copper in hospital bed railings. Copper has long been known to have anti-microbial properties.

As quoted in the publication:

Correa’s startup, Copper BioHealth, has not yet assessed the railings’ impact in Chilean hospitals. But a study of the effects of copper-alloy surfaces in U.S. hospitals’ intensive care units, published last year in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, showed promising results: Their presence reduced the number of healthcare-acquired infections from 8.1 percent in regular rooms to 3.4 percent in the copper rooms.

Click here to read the full interview.