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Decontamination of mobile phones and electronic devices for health care professionals using a chlorhexidine

Rafael Muniz de Oliveira, Nereida Mello da Rosa Gioppo, Jancineide Oliveira de Carvalho, Francilio Carvalho Oliveira, Thomas Jay Webster, Fernanda Roberta Marciano, Anderson Oliveira Lobo

《化学科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2019年第13卷第1期页码 192-198 doi: 10.1007/s11705-018-1728-5

摘要： Though they reduce microorganism growth, current hospital disinfectants also damage many of today’s modern electronic devices such as tablets and smartphones. Herein, the efficacy of a new chlorhexidine digluconate gel (CDG) was tested as a disinfectant for mobile and electronic devices in a clinical environment. Specifically, , , and methicillin resistant were used to infect the screen of eight smartphones. The CDG was prepared at concentrations of 2%, 4% and 6%, and tested on paper disks infected with these bacteria before being tested on the smartphones. The devices were disinfected with the CDG gel (4%) at two times: immediately and after 5 min of the bacterial contamination. In all cases, the CDG gel eliminated 100% of gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms compared to the control (without any agent). In addition, the gel did not damage the smartphones. Therefore, our study suggests that the CDG gel may be applied to disinfect a wide range of electronic devices for health care professionals in the hospital environment.

关键词： smartphones disinfection clinical environment chlorhexidine bacteria

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Multifunctional antimicrobial chlorhexidine polymers by remote plasma assisted vacuum deposition

Ana Mora-Boza, Francisco J. Aparicio, María Alcaire, Carmen López-Santos, Juan P. Espinós, Daniel Torres-Lagares, Ana Borrás, Angel Barranco

《化学科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2019年第13卷第2期页码 330-339 doi: 10.1007/s11705-019-1803-6

摘要： Novel antibacterial materials for implants and medical instruments are essential to develop practical strategies to stop the spread of healthcare associated infections. This study presents the synthesis of multifunctional antibacterial nanocoatings on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) by remote plasma assisted deposition of sublimated chlorhexidine powders at low pressure and room temperature. The obtained materials present effective antibacterial activity against K12, either by contact killing and antibacterial adhesion or by biocide agents release depending on the synthetic parameters. In addition, these multifunctional coatings allow the endure hydrophilization of the hydrophobic PDMS surface, thereby improving their biocompatibility. Importantly, cell-viability tests conducted on these materials also prove their non-cytotoxicity, opening a way for the integration of this type of functional plasma films in biomedical devices.

关键词： plasma polymers conformal plasma deposition chlorhexidine bactericide PDMS biocompatibility