Researchers develop antimicrobial plastic films to reduce infection risk in hospitals
February 9, 2018
In the framework of the European project FLEXPOL, members of the UA NANOBIOPOL group are designing formulations with antimicrobial properties from essential oils.
In Europe each year, over 500,000 people get infected in hospitals, in unsterilized transit areas such as toilets, corridors or rooms. The University of Alicante Research Group in Polymer and Nanomaterial Analysis (NANOBIOPOL), together with research and industry staff from Italy, Spain, Portugal, the UK and Germany, is involved in the FLEXPOL project to make an antimicrobial adhesive film reducing infection risk in hospitals.
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