Abstract
Medical devices are essential for prevention and treatment of a wide range of diseases. However, their widespread use can cause bacterial colonization. For this reason, there is a global effort to develop new technologies that give antimi-crobial properties to medical devices. Among these technologies, surface modification with silver to prevent bacterial coloni-zation is one of the most widely proposed techniques,1 launching a debate on what is most efficient: to kill bacteria to prevent infection by releasing silver, or just to prevent the bacterial colonization of medical devices?
| Translated title of the contribution | Cristina García-Bonillo, Robert Texidó, Joan Gilabert-Porres, Salvador Borrós |
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| Original language | Catalan |
| Pages | 46-55 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Specialist publication | Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Dec 2020 |
Keywords
- Surface modification
- medical device
- bacteriophobic surfaces
- bactericide surface
- biofilms