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• A Surface-Level Approach

  Public Service Review: Health and Social Care, Issue 30, 2pp, January 2012

  An article written for Public Service Review magazine on the latest science supporting antimicrobial copper's efficacy - focusing on the US 3-centre trial preliminary results - and installations beyond healthcare, including air conditioning systems in Beijing buses.

   

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• Copper-bottomed Infection Control

  Cleanroom Technology, 3pp, October 2011

  An article prepared by CDA covering the latest scientific results from clinical trials around the world and installations of antimicrobial copper touch surfaces in healthcare facilities.

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• Copper: The Relentless Killer on our Side

  An article in European Hospital magazine featuring an interview with Professor Bill Keevil on the significance of the work he presented at the WHO ICPIC conference.

  Further notes on clinical trials and antimicrobial copper installations are also featured.

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• The Element for Efficacy

  Article written by Angela Vessey for Public Service Review, Health and Social Care, Issue 27 2011.

  An article covering the latest antimicrobial copper science, and its increasingly broad applications in healthcare environments.  Its potential for deployment beyond these settings, in schools and public spaces, is also explored.

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• Antimicrobial Copper Breathes New Life into Inhalation System

  Article by Angela Vessey, Director of Copper Development Association, in European Medical Device Technology, March 2011, Volume 2, No. 3

  Touch surfaces in hospital settings routinely benefit from the antimicrobial efficacy of copper. Now, a German medical device manufacturer has elected to use the metal in a nebuliser system.

  Sascha Tietz, Heyer's Product Manager, was impressed by the evidence of copper's efficacy against problematic organisms including Legionella pneumophila, Influenza A, Aspergillus niger, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Candida albicans. Under his leadership, the Heyer team decided to investigate the use of copper for an evolution of their FoggyJet nebuliser system to enhance hygiene and patient safety.

   

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• Man's Oldest Metal Now Has Its Day

  Foundry Trade Journal, 2pp, January/February 2011

  Article in Foundry Trade Journal on the history and science behind antimicrobial copper, novel casting techniques that achieve near-net-shape whilst reducing material content, and healthcare facilities already implementing antimicrobial copper items to help reduce infection.

   

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• Copper - Keeping Disease Away

  Copper Architecture Forum, Issue 29, 2pp, October 2010

  Article by Angela Vessey, Copper Development Association, UK, discussing the ways in which architects are harnessing copper's antimicrobial properties to provide an additional infection prevention measure in contemporary healthcare builds.

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• 'Halo Effect' Discovered for Antimicrobial Copper

  Inside Hospitals, 1pp, October 2010

  Article in Inside Hospitals journal reporting on the results of a pilot study at an out-patient clinic in the US.  As well as reducing microbial contamination by 90%, antimicrobial copper surfaces extend a 'halo effect' to nearby non-copper surfaces, also reducing their contamination levels.

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• A Touching Development

  Public Service Review: Health. 2pp, July 2010.

  CDA article by Angela Vessey published in Public Service Review: Health, covering the latest clinical trial data from around the world and news of the first hospitals adopting Antimicrobial Copper.

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• Antimicrobial Copper

  Sustainable FM. 1pp, November/December 2009.

  CDA article published in Sustainable FM covering the return of copper alloys to hygienic environments and the sustainable credentials that make the red metal so green.

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• Fighting Germs with Hygienic Copper Surfaces

  Cleaning and Hygiene Today. 1pp, November 2009.

  CDA article by Angela Vessey in Cleaning and Hygiene Today explaining why brass door handles are making a comeback in hospitals as antimicrobial copper alloys are introduced to help fight infection.

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• Kills Germs Fast!

  HIP! Magazine. 2pp, November 2009.

  An article written by Celia Matthews of HIP! Magazine after seeing a presentation regarding antimicrobial copper at the 2009 Annual Bathroom Conference. It discusses the use of uncoated copper alloy products for bathroom and medical applications to help combat the threat of modern 'superbugs'.

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• Precious Metal

  Public Sector Review. 2pp, July 2009.

  CDA UK article by Angela Vessey published in Public Service Review, Health 20, describing how an old school fixture is providing a new handle on infection control.

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• Beautiful and Green

  Ecostructure magazine. 3pp, 2009.

  Article by David L Hunt in Eco-structure magazine on the advantage of copper's antimicrobial properties in HVAC systems.

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• Clinical Uses of Copper

  Cleanroom Technology. 4pp, June 2007.

  CDA article by Angela Vessey in Cleanroom Technology magazine on the potential use of copper and copper alloys for hygienic healthcare touch surfaces.

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