Proactive Approach for Safe Use of Antimicrobial Coatings in Healthcare Settings: Opinion of the COST Action Network AMiCI

Infections and infectious diseases are considered a major challenge to human health in healthcare units worldwide. This opinion paper was initiated by EU COST Action network AMiCI (AntiMicrobial Coating Innovations) and focuses on scientific information essential for weighing the risks and benefits...

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Autores principales: Ahonen, Merja, Kahru, Anne, Ivask, Angela, Kasemets, Kaja, Kõljalg, Siiri, Mantecca, Paride, Vinković Vrček, Ivana, Keinänen-Toivola, Minna M., Crijns, Francy
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Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28362344
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040366
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author Ahonen, Merja
Kahru, Anne
Ivask, Angela
Kasemets, Kaja
Kõljalg, Siiri
Mantecca, Paride
Vinković Vrček, Ivana
Keinänen-Toivola, Minna M.
Crijns, Francy
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Kahru, Anne
Ivask, Angela
Kasemets, Kaja
Kõljalg, Siiri
Mantecca, Paride
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description Infections and infectious diseases are considered a major challenge to human health in healthcare units worldwide. This opinion paper was initiated by EU COST Action network AMiCI (AntiMicrobial Coating Innovations) and focuses on scientific information essential for weighing the risks and benefits of antimicrobial surfaces in healthcare settings. Particular attention is drawn on nanomaterial-based antimicrobial surfaces in frequently-touched areas in healthcare settings and the potential of these nano-enabled coatings to induce (eco)toxicological hazard and antimicrobial resistance. Possibilities to minimize those risks e.g., at the level of safe-by-design are demonstrated.
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spelling pubmed-54095672017-05-03 Proactive Approach for Safe Use of Antimicrobial Coatings in Healthcare Settings: Opinion of the COST Action Network AMiCI Ahonen, Merja Kahru, Anne Ivask, Angela Kasemets, Kaja Kõljalg, Siiri Mantecca, Paride Vinković Vrček, Ivana Keinänen-Toivola, Minna M. Crijns, Francy Int J Environ Res Public Health Opinion Infections and infectious diseases are considered a major challenge to human health in healthcare units worldwide. This opinion paper was initiated by EU COST Action network AMiCI (AntiMicrobial Coating Innovations) and focuses on scientific information essential for weighing the risks and benefits of antimicrobial surfaces in healthcare settings. Particular attention is drawn on nanomaterial-based antimicrobial surfaces in frequently-touched areas in healthcare settings and the potential of these nano-enabled coatings to induce (eco)toxicological hazard and antimicrobial resistance. Possibilities to minimize those risks e.g., at the level of safe-by-design are demonstrated. MDPI 2017-03-31 2017-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5409567/ /pubmed/28362344 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040366 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ahonen, Merja
Kahru, Anne
Ivask, Angela
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Keinänen-Toivola, Minna M.
Crijns, Francy
Proactive Approach for Safe Use of Antimicrobial Coatings in Healthcare Settings: Opinion of the COST Action Network AMiCI
title Proactive Approach for Safe Use of Antimicrobial Coatings in Healthcare Settings: Opinion of the COST Action Network AMiCI
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title_full_unstemmed Proactive Approach for Safe Use of Antimicrobial Coatings in Healthcare Settings: Opinion of the COST Action Network AMiCI
title_short Proactive Approach for Safe Use of Antimicrobial Coatings in Healthcare Settings: Opinion of the COST Action Network AMiCI
title_sort proactive approach for safe use of antimicrobial coatings in healthcare settings: opinion of the cost action network amici
topic Opinion
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409567/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040366
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