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| University of Stellenbosch, South Africa -
Professor Shaheen Mehtar |
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In the preliminary phase of the African Health
Care Initiative, a team of specialist scientists from the
University of Stellenbosch, led by internationally renowned
Infection Control Specialist, Professor Shaheen Mehtar, proved for
the first time internationally via in vitro testing of
clinical strains that copper touch surfaces are effective in
killing multi-drug resistant bacteria including tuberculosis.
These very exciting observations are now being followed up in
South Africa via testing in a real clinic environment. Professor
Mehtar's team will be documenting copper's biostatic abilities in
both a copper fitted TB 'cough room' at a provincial hospital and
at a copper fitted rural health clinic. The learning from these
first phase clinical trials will be carried through to a second
phase of some 12 clinics across some 6 Southern African
countries.
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