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Frigo Design
Frigo Design, a long time designer & fabricator of Custom Copper products, is poised to produce for Hospitals, Medical Centers, Nursing Homes, etc. A wide variety of Antimicrobial Copper products as: Countertops, Table Tops, Hospital Bed Trays & Rail, Chair Arms and other appropriate Copper based equipment.
US. EPA approves registration of Anti-Microbial Copper Alloys
CDA Antimicrobial Copper in Healthcare
Copper Brass & Bronze play a Key Role in killing pathogens, including super bug MRSA responsible for hospital & community acquired infections.
Copper is the first solid surface material to be recognized by the EPA as being Anti-Microbial and permitted by them to make public health claims.
Regulators Stamp Copper as a GERM Killer
Copper IONS can penetrate the cell walls of microbes and can disrupt reproduction & other cell functions.
Researchers who worked on the concept expect hospitals and other public institutions to be the initial market for the product, based on approvals given by the trade group. The tests showed 99.9% kill within two hours against the leading Antibiotic-Resistant bacteria now plaguing hospitals.
The New York Times
03/26/2008
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