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Towards self‐sterilizing medical devices: controlling infection
Author(s) -
Madkour Ahmad E,
Tew Gregory N
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.2399
Subject(s) - medical device , risk analysis (engineering) , nanotechnology , medicine , materials science , biomedical engineering
Medical devices are an important component of modern medicine. In many cases, medical devices are used to improve the ‘quality of life’ for the patient, and their use is increasing dramatically. At the same time, the emergence of multi‐drug‐resistant bacteria, or ‘super‐bugs’, is a global crisis. At least in part, biomedical devices proliferate the growth of resistant bacteria. This has spurred new research aimed at the development of medical devices that prevent or control bacterial colonization, and this perspective discusses the current efforts in this area. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry