Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infection Related Events by Replacing Regular Hospital Textiles With Copper Oxide Impregnated Textiles: Crossover, Double-Blind, Controlled Study in Chronic, Ventilator-Dependent Patients

Borkow, Gadi; Marcus, Esther‐Lee; Yosef, Hana; Caine, Yehezkel; Mohr–Sasson, Aya; Moses, Allon E.

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofw172.127

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“…We screened 638 titles and abstracts and assessed 16 full-text articles for inclusion. After excluding 6 articles, we included 10 articles pertaining to 7 studies [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] . We also identified 5 relevant clinical trial registries (2 for studies already identified and included and 3 registries for studies that have not been published).…”

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Does Copper treating of commonly touched surfaces reduce healthcare acquired infections? A Systematic Review and meta-analysis

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Background Healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) cause substantial morbidity and mortality. Copper appears to have strong viricidal properties under laboratory conditions. Aim We conducted a systematic review to examine the potential effect of copper treating of commonly touched surfaces in healthcare facilities. Methods We included controlled trials comparing the effect of copper-treated surfaces (furniture or bed linens) in hospital rooms versus standard rooms on hospital acquired infections (HAIs). Two reviewers independently screened retrieved articles, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. The primary outcome was the occurrence of healthcare acquired infections. Findings We screened 638 records; 7 studies comprising 12362 patients were included. All of included studies were judged to be at high risk in ≥2 of the 7 domains of bias. All 7 included studies reported the effect of copper-treated surfaces HAIs. Overall, we found low quality evidence of a potential clinical importance that copper-treated hard surfaces and/or bed linens and clothes reduced healthcare acquired infections by 27% (RR 0.73; 95% CI 0.57 to 0.94). Conclusion Given the clinical and economic costs of healthcare acquired infections, the potentially protective effect of copper-treated surfaces appears important. The current evidence is insufficient to make a strong positive recommendation. However, it would appear worthwhile and urgent to conduct larger-scale publicly funded clinical trials of the impact of copper coating.

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Does Copper treating of commonly touched surfaces reduce healthcare acquired infections? A Systematic Review and meta-analysis

Albarqouni

Byambasuren

Clark

et al. 2020

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Does copper treatment of commonly touched surfaces reduce healthcare-acquired infections? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Albarqouni

Byambasuren

Clark

et al. 2020

Journal of Hospital Infection

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Background Healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) cause substantial morbidity and mortality. Copper appears to have strong antimicrobial properties under laboratory conditions. Aim We conducted a systematic review to examine the potential effect of copper treating of commonly touched surfaces in healthcare facilities. Methods We included controlled trials comparing the effect of copper-treated surfaces (furniture or bed linens) in hospital rooms versus standard rooms on hospital acquired infections (HAIs). Two reviewers independently screened retrieved articles, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. The primary outcome was the occurrence of healthcare acquired infections. Findings We screened 638 records; 7 studies comprising 12362 patients were included. From risk of bias assessment, all included studies were judged to be at high risk in ≥2 of the 7 domains of bias. All 7 included studies reported the effect of various copper-treated surfaces on HAIs. Overall, we found low quality evidence of a potential clinical importance that copper-treated hard surfaces and/or bed linens and clothes reduced healthcare acquired infections by 27% (RR 0.73; 95% CI 0.57 to 0.94; I 2 = 44%, p-value = 0.01). Conclusion Given the clinical and economic costs of healthcare acquired infections, the potentially protective effect of copper-treated surfaces appears important. However, the current evidence is insufficient to make a strong positive recommendation. However, it would appear worthwhile and urgent to conduct larger scale publicly funded clinical trials of the impact of copper coating.

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Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infection Related Events by Replacing Regular Hospital Textiles With Copper Oxide Impregnated Textiles: Crossover, Double-Blind, Controlled Study in Chronic, Ventilator-Dependent Patients

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Does Copper treating of commonly touched surfaces reduce healthcare acquired infections? A Systematic Review and meta-analysis

Does Copper treating of commonly touched surfaces reduce healthcare acquired infections? A Systematic Review and meta-analysis

Does copper treatment of commonly touched surfaces reduce healthcare-acquired infections? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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