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Biomaterials: Antimicrobial surfaces in biomedical engineering and healthcare
Date
2022
Abstract
Contamination of biomedical products with pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, and viruses) is one of the main causes of hospital-acquired infections (HAI), and a major burden to the healthcare system. The development of biomaterials that can hamper the contamination of surfaces is vital to decrease patient-related infections in healthcare settings. In this landscape, this review identifies some of the latest antimicrobial strategies while paying particular attention to emerging antimicrobial biomaterials and nature-inspired antimicrobial surface topographies, which are rapidly finding application in the fabrication of biomedical engineering constructs.
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Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering 2022, 22:100373
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The authors would like to thank the funding provided by the Irish Research Council through the IRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (GOIPG/2021/75).