Antimicrobial surfaces to prevent healthcare-associated infections: a systematic review - a different view

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. Electronic address: schmidtm@musc.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
³ Extrapolate LLC, Delray Beach, FL, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA.
⁵ Sharpe and Associates, Westfield, NJ, USA.
⁶ Copper Development Association, New York, NY, USA.

Comment

M G Schmidt et al. J Hosp Infect. 2018 Jul.

. 2018 Jul;99(3):309-311.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.02.007. Epub 2018 Feb 12.

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. Electronic address: schmidtm@musc.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
³ Extrapolate LLC, Delray Beach, FL, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA.
⁵ Sharpe and Associates, Westfield, NJ, USA.
⁶ Copper Development Association, New York, NY, USA.

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Response to Schmidt et al.: Antimicrobial surfaces - huge potential, significant uncertainty.
Muller MP, MacDougall C, Lim M; Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario) the Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee on Infection Prevention and Control (PIDAC-IPC). Muller MP, et al. J Hosp Infect. 2018 Nov;100(3):e161-e162. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.06.001. Epub 2018 Jun 8. J Hosp Infect. 2018. PMID: 29890183 No abstract available.

Antimicrobial surfaces to prevent healthcare-associated infections: a systematic review.
Muller MP, MacDougall C, Lim M; Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion Public Health Ontario; Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee on Infection Prevention and Control; Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee on Infection Prevention and Control. Muller MP, et al. J Hosp Infect. 2016 Jan;92(1):7-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.09.008. Epub 2015 Oct 3. J Hosp Infect. 2016. PMID: 26601608