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cord-003412-8n2s0bl1	Colin, Marius	Copper Alloy Touch Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities: An Effective Solution to Prevent Bacterial Spreading	2018-12-06		.txt	text/plain	4323	207	49	During the sampling sequences in the five long-term care facilities, a total of 688 copper surfaces and 688 control surfaces were sampled, with 682 samples being obtained from door handles of resident's room and 694 obtained from handrails in corridors. Nevertheless, in each facility and for both door handle and handrail, the median bacterial burden was lower on copper surface than on the control. Comparison between copper and control surfaces revealed that, in each long-term care facilities and for both sequences, the median bacterial burden was lower on copper door handles. One and three years after copper alloys set-up, several copper door handles, randomly selected, were removed from the five long-term care facilities and transferred to the laboratory to evaluate their efficiency against a MRSA strain. In this study, we investigated the antimicrobial properties of door handles and handrails containing copper that have been used on a daily base in five long-term care facilities.	./cache/cord-003412-8n2s0bl1.txt	./txt/cord-003412-8n2s0bl1.txt