Coatings reduce microbes on hospital curtains

摘要

The suitability of safe and environmentally friendly woodbased antimicrobial solutions as replacements for plastics in the hospital environment has been evaluated at a hospital in Finland. A joint project of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä, the Central Finland Health Care District and several private companies in the field has shown that wood-based compounds are effective in reducing the number of microbes. The project also involved the testing of ultraviolet (UV) camera technology to evaluate the cleanliness of surfaces.