title: Reduction in bacterial contamination of hospital textiles by a novel silver-based laundry treatment.
abstract: Treating hospital patient textiles with ionic silver after each washing results in a significant decrease in microbial contamination. Although further study is needed to better understand the role textiles play in hospital-acquired infections and to quantify the influence of silver textile treatment on health care-associated infection risk and patient outcomes, ionic silver treatment of textiles may prove useful in hospital-acquired infection reduction strategies.
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Electronic address: jjo@stanford.edu.
authors: John J
authors: JJ
authors: Openshaw
authors: Applied Silver, Hayward, CA.
authors: William M
authors: WM
authors: Morris
authors: Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors: Gregory V
authors: GV
authors: Lowry
authors: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.
authors: Aydin
authors: A
authors: Nazmi
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012834:Silver / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013784:Textiles / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004202:Disinfectants; D012834:Silver
keywords: Hospital-associated infections; MRSA; Silver ion; Staphylococcus aureus