Wound and surgical site infections (SSI) pose a significant problem in healthcare today. In fact, according to NICE, SSIs have been shown to account for up to 16% of all healthcare-associated infections in the UK.
Not only do they threaten the lives of patients, they also increase the threat of antibiotic resistance. This alone is expected to kill more people than cancer by 2050. That equates to over 10 million people a year worldwide. It’s therefore clear we need to find new and innovative ways of reducing infections in hospitals across the globe.
Copper can be the solution. The material has been around for millennia. As early as 2600-2200 BC, the Egyptians used green copper rust for the treatment of chest wounds and to sterilise drinking water. But its use in the modern medical space is yet to be fully realised.
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