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Copper the Metal in Health Care

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We all know copper to be a good conductor of electricity, and its use in the electrical industry. But off late it has become a darling of the health care industry. More and more copper is being used in health care as the base metal copper is generally good for health. The anti-microbial property of copper has been responsible for this change in attitude towards this reddish brown metal. According to Environmental Protection Agency copper surface kills almost all of bacteria (99.9% to be precise) within a matter of a couple of hours. This means it can be use to plate surfaces in hospitals where most of the infection spread is through contact. Around 150 health care facilities around the United States have already installed a copper alloy surface in their premises in 2011. The products used are copper carts to carry medicine and swabs to copper door knobs. According to a comparative study of facilities using copper and ones not using copper the infection rates of the ones using cop