PREVENTION OF BIOFILM FORMATION BY ALTERATION OF DEVICE SURFACE WITH A PREFORMED STERILE BIOFILM

摘要

Proposed simpler and cheaper technique for prevention of biofilm formation on surfaces of medical or industrial devices will provide an optimum hydrophobicity and wavy nature of surface in the form of biological coating with a sterilized preformed biofilm. After a mature biofilm formation on device with a known strong biofilm producer organism, it will be fixed and then sterilized by either moist heat or plasma sterilizer. The devices for long term use will be further treated with nano-silver solution for laying a uniform coat on pre-formed biofilm.