Virus-neutralising, roughened metal surfaces to be trialled on Brisbane hospital equipment

A new “wet-etching” metal treatment on surfaces is set to be trialled on trolleys, beds, and other hospital equipment in Brisbane hospitals in the hope of finding a way to reduce hospital infection rates.

QUT medical devices specialist Professor Prasad Yarlagadda said the study would build on work completed by himself and Professor Kirsten Spann on nanostructured surfaces that deactivate viruses and bacteria within hours.

That research was published last year, but the researchers…