Fabric+

BIOZINY Fabric + is an Antimicrobial Coating that can be applied to healthCare or Cubicle Curtains to impart Antimicrobial Properties & thereby keeping them free from pathogens that cause Nosocomial Infections.

Why BIOZINY Fabric+?

A hospital’s curtains must be able to withstand:

Heavy use by multiple people

Stains, undesirable odors, and fluids

Disinfectants

Microbial attacks

It has been observed that:

Hospital curtains are a potential source for the dissemination of healthcare-associated pathogens[1].

It has been found that 42% of hospital privacy curtains were contaminated with vancomycin-resistant enterococci, 22% with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and 4% with Clostridium difficile, and these pathogens are easily acquired on hands[1].

Data suggest that hospital curtains have the potential to contribute to contamination of HCWs’ hands, the major source of transmission of nosocomial pathogens[1].

Some studies have shown that after hanging for 14 days MRSA is found in most curtains. By the 21^st day, almost all curtains exceeded 2.5 CFU/cm² Curtains are a source of cross-contamination in hospitals[2].

One study has shown that the rate of MRSA Contamination is found to be 92%[3].

It has been found that hand imprint cultures were positive for one or more pathogens after contacting surfaces near 34 (53%) of 64 study patients, with Staphylococcus Aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus being the most common isolates indicating there has been Acquisition of Nosocomial Pathogens on Hands After Contact With Environmental Surfaces Near Hospitalized Patients [4].

Pathogens that cause nosocomial infection remain alive on surfaces for not only days but months. Below is a study showing the time period for which various pathogens remain alive on surfaces and multiply[5].

BIOZINY Fabric+ helps protect Patients and Health Care Workers from acquiring Nosocomial Infections.

References:

[1] Trillis, F., Eckstein, E., Budavich, R., Pultz, M., & Donskey, C. (2008). Contamination of Hospital Curtains With Healthcare-Associated Pathogens. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 29(11), 1074-1076. doi:10.1086/591863

[2] Kevin Shek BSc, Rakesh Patidar PhD, Zeenib Kohja BSc, Song Liu PhD, Justin P. Gawaziuk MSc, Monika Gawthrop BN, Ayush Kumar PhD, Sarvesh Logsetty MD (2018). Rate of contamination of hospital privacy curtains in a burns/plasticward: A longitudinal study. American Journal of Infection Control (46) 2018, 1019-21

[3] Ohl M, Schweizer M, Graham M, et al. Hospital privacy curtains are frequently and rapidly contaminated with potentially pathogenic bacteria. Am J Infect Control. 2012; 90:4–906.

[4] Bhalla, Anita & Davis, Nicole & Gries, Delores & Ray, Amy & Eckstein, Elizabeth & Aron, David & Donskey, Curtis. (2004). Acquisition of Nosocomial Pathogens on Hands After Contact With Environmental Surfaces Near Hospitalized Patients •. Infection control and hospital epidemiology: the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America. 25. 164-7. 10.1086/502369.

[5] Kramer, A., Schwebke, I. & Kampf, G. How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review. BMC Infect Dis 6, 130 (2006).

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