Any commonly touched surface.
Racism is probably the most commonly touched chord in the common readings.
And a study last year from the University of Arizona found that when someone comes into work sick, about half of the commonly touched surfaces such as telephones, desktops, tabletops, doorknobs, photocopier, lift buttons and the office fridge will become infected with the virus by lunchtime.
Now, at least 15 hospitals around the United States have considered installing or have installed copper components on commonly touched surfaces like faucet handles and toilet levers, The Washington Post reports.
The pathogens were placed on surfaces commonly touched in planes including armrests, plastic tray tables, and window shades to see where they thrived best.
A further longer study in an intensive care unit showed a sustained reduction of 83% in microbial surface counts on six commonly touched Cu containing surfaces and numbers on control surfaces were also reduced (Schmidt et al., 2012).
To assess the ability of copper alloy surfaces to mitigate the bacterial burden associated with commonly touched surfaces in conjunction with daily and terminal cleaning in rural hospital settings.
Germinating the spores reduced the frequency of positive cultures on commonly touched surfaces in patient rooms from 78% (44 of 52 sites) to 15% (6 of 27 sites) after a reflective dose of 12,000 µWs/cm2 (P<0.001).
Cultures for C. difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) were collected from commonly touched surfaces before and after use of Tru-D.
Therefore, it is recommended that commonly touched surfaces (e.g., bedside table, call button, telephone) be arranged close to the device for optimal exposure to UV-C radiation.
