Making door handles, taps and light switches from copper could help the country beat superbugs, scientists say. A study found that copper fittings rapidly killed bugs on hospital wards, succeeding ...

But hospital superbugs may finally have met their match - in copper door handles. Copper, used in medicines for 4,000 years, has been shown to be highly effective in killing off viruses such as MRSA.

Copper v. Germs Gudrun Heise / cd 12/01/2014 December 1, 2014. Hospital germs are as dangerous as they are unavoidable. But a clinic in Hamburg is fighting back with copper door handles - an ...

Additionally, copper door handles have been shown to be effective at suppressing bacterial growth. Source: Wojgani H, Kehsa C, Cloutman-Green E, Gray C, Gant V, et al. (2012) Hospital Door Handle ...

Copper door handles, sectional sofas instead of giant couches, and hospital-grade ventilation systems find their way into new buildings. By C. J. Hughes After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, some ...

A new range of door hardware products made with CuVerro® bactericidal copper alloys has been released by Ingersoll Rand.. The door hardware includes locks, push-pull latches, exit devices, pull ...

A private hospital in the midlands has become the first in the world to install copper doorknobs in a bid to reduce potentially lethal superbugs such as MRSA. St Francis's Private Hospital, a 140 ...

National. Antimicrobial Copper Coating Given On Door Handles In 300 Coaches, Says Railway Minister Vaishnaw, however, said the use of copper on a large scale was not economically viable.