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Copper BioHealth Looking to Reduce Infections in Hospitals
Dec. 16, 2014 11:26AM PST
Base Metals Investing 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.
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.