Soft surfaces constitute 90 percent of the patient healthcare environment and include privacy curtains, lab coats, scrubs, bed linens and cubicle curtains. Clinical studies have proven these surfaces are highly contaminated by pathogenic organisms, which have the potential to transmit to patients and cause healthcare associated infections.
Healthcare associated infections take the lives of nearly 100,000 people annually and cost billions of dollars in additional medical treatments. Although hospitals continue efforts to improve infection control, standardized practices for soft surface bacterial management are inadequate compared with those for hand and environmental hygiene. Further, laundering practices are inconsistent and simply ineffective, as re-contamination occurs after laundered items are put into use.
Textiles made with X-STATIC® silver antimicrobial technology have been clinically proven to inhibit the growth of bacteria directly on the surface of the fabric. X-STATIC delivers protection with a continuous release of silver ions that lasts for the life of the product.
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