PERMANENT ANTIMICROBIAL MEDICAL PLASTIC

描述（由申请人提供）：技术创新，以减少病人在医疗机构的交叉污染所带来的感染，对医疗社区在金钱和生命方面都有重大意义。大约5%至10%的住院患者在住院期间会接触到某种形式的感染。据估计，医院每年花费超过50亿美元，医院感染可能导致10万多人丧生。统计数据显示，个人卫生（主要是用抗菌肥皂洗手）的发生频率不够高，不足以防止医疗保健设施每年承受的50亿美元支出。不幸的是，只有0.1-1.0%的可浸出抗菌添加剂的医疗产品只能提供暂时的抗菌作用，因为通过清洗或擦拭医疗产品表面可以很容易地去除杀菌剂。布莱顿发展公司开发了一种100%永久性抗菌塑料，可用于医疗保健界的许多医疗产品。在第一阶段，我们希望将重点放在开发这一发现作为永久性抗菌材料的可行性上，并展示其在医疗环境中对抗感染的优势。公共卫生相关性：该应用程序旨在开发一种永久性抗菌医用塑料，可用于减少医疗机构每年为对抗患者感染而花费的数十亿美元。统计数据显示，这一问题的严重程度影响到所有进入医院的人的5-10%，即使医院工作人员使用抗菌药物洗手的频率有记录，医学界每年的支出也超过50亿美元。一种真正耐用的抗菌塑料材料可以在整个医疗机构的医疗产品中找到许多用途。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Technology innovations to reduce infection brought about by cross- contamination of patients staying in healthcare facilities can have major significance to the medical community in terms of both dollars and human lives. Approximately 5% to 10% of all patients entering a hospital will contact some form of infection during their stay at the healthcare facility. It is estimated that hospitals spend over $5 billion annually and over 100,000 lives can be lost as a result of nosocomial infections. Statistics show that personal hygiene consisting mainly of hand washing with antimicrobial soaps does not occur frequently enough to prevent the $5 billion dollar expenditure that healthcare facilities endure on an annual basis. Unfortunately, medical products containing only 0.1-1.0% of leachable antimicrobial additives only provide temporary antimicrobial action because the biocidal agent can be easily removed by washing or wiping the surface of the medical product. Brighton Development has developed a 100% permanent antimicrobial plastic that can be used in numerous medical products found in the healthcare community. In Phase I, we would like to focus on exploiting the feasibility of this discovery as a permanent antimicrobial material and demonstrate its advantages in combating infection in the healthcare environment. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This application is aimed at developing a permanent antimicrobial medical plastic that can be used to reduce the billions of dollars spent annually by healthcare facilities to combat patient infections. Statistics show that the magnitude of this problem affects from 5-10% of all people entering the hospital and accounts for annual expenditures by the medical community of over 5 billion dollars even with documented frequencies of antimicrobial hand washing by hospital staff. A truly durable antimicrobial plastic material could find numerous uses in medical products throughout healthcare facilities.