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

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.
Key points:

• In the trials, metal surfaces are roughened using strong etching solvents
• The nanostructured surfaces are not able to be felt but have been found to deactivate numerous viruses
• Researchers are testing the technique in Brisbane hospitals for three months

QUT medical devices specialist…

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