Novel transparent copper film with antibacterial activity for environmental infection control
Novel transparent copper film with antibacterial activity for environmental infection control
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具有抗菌活性的新型透明铜膜用于控制环境感染
DOI:
10.1002/ams2.543
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Ohara Hirotaka
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文献类型:
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作者:
Matsushima Asako;Shibata Shinichiro;Ohara Hirotaka
Dear Editor, The wide distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the air and object surfaces in hospital wards, which indicates a potential risk of nosocomial infection for medical staff and other close contacts, was reported from Wuhan, China. 1 In another report, van Doremalen et al. 2 showed that SARS-CoV-2 was not detectable on copper after 4 h, although it was stable and viable on plastic and stainless steel up to 72 h. Their results indicated that some metals, such as copper, could become an antiviral material to protect against environmental contamination from SARS-CoV-2.We recently developed a novel transparent copper film using a spattering method (patent applied for; cooperative research with UACJ Corporation, Tokyo, Japan). According to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) rules (available on line at the ISO website3), we proved the antibacterial effect of this new film against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. The strains used in this study