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To: MD Expat in PA
Pure copper is a soft metal and likely would not hold up well in a hospital setting<

"But those measures require actions by human beings — which is not the case with copper.

“It’s always working, it requires no human intervention, no supervision, and it’s acting continuously,” said Michael Schmidt, a microbiology professor at the Medical University of South Carolina and one of the researchers who conducted the first and largest study of copper surfaces in hospitals.

“If you looked at my cabinet pulls, they look like **stainless steel, but we still get copper’s killing properties,” he said. “We’re still continuing to clean everything we can. But this is our little helper behind the scenes."

**(I believe it is a nickel-copper alloy that would have similar appearance as stainless steel.)

"A typical U.S. hospital room contains about $100,000 of goods and equipment, experts say. The average cost to outfit a hospital room with antimicrobial copper items is about $5,000, Linden said. But one infection adds $43,000 in patient costs, according to federal data."

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217 posted on 02/15/2020 10:50:58 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Karl Spooner

Not for nuthin’, but if you saw the cleaning stuff they use in the hospital you would realize this is not really an issue.

We used to call them “cancer wipes” because they were so strong we “knew” they would just give you cancer after a few years. (They didn’t)

Copper turns color and “looks” dirty. Patients and visitors go on looks, not reality. It would take an army to keep that stuff looking good.


221 posted on 02/15/2020 11:05:23 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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