European Commission logo
italiano italiano
CORDIS - Risultati della ricerca dell’UE
CORDIS

A pilot line of antibacterial and antifungal medical textiles based on a sonochemical process

Obiettivo

Hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections are a major financial issue in the European healthcare system. The financial impact of these infections counteract medical advances and expensive medical treatments by increasing the length of hospital stay by at least 8 days on average per affected patient, hence adding more than 10 millions patient days in hospitals in Europe per year. The statistics on patient safety in the EU show alarming tendencies : - 1 in 10 patients are affected by hospital-acquired infections - 3 million deaths are caused by hospital-acquired infections An active infection control program of patients and personnel and hygiene measures, have proven to significantly reduce both the number of infections and hospitalisation costs . The SONO project directly addresses the above problems by developing a pilot line for the production of medical antibacterial textiles. The pilot line will be based on the scale-up of a sonochemical process developed and patented at BIU laboratories. The pilot line will use a sonochemical technique to produce and deposit inorganic, antimicrobial nanoparticles on medical textiles, e.g. hospital sheets, medical coats and bandages. Sonicators are used industrially for heavy and light duty cleaning, for water disinfection and for sewage treatment. It is also used in the food industry for emulsification and drying. The proposed concept based on one step sonochemical process to produce nanoparticles and impregnate them as antibacterial factors on textile is novel and does not exist on an industrial scale. The concept has already been proven (and patented ) on a lab scale where sonochemistry was applied to impregnate nanoparticles in a single-step process. It was demonstrated that due to the special properties of the sonochemical method the antibacterial nanoparticles are adsorbed permanently on the fibres even after 70 “laundry cycles”. The sonochemical impregnation process is a one-step procedure in which the nanopa

Campo scientifico

Programma(i)

Argomento(i)

Invito a presentare proposte

FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2
Vedi altri progetti per questo bando

Meccanismo di finanziamento

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinatore

BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY
Contributo UE
€ 858 840,00
Indirizzo
BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
52900 Ramat Gan
Israele

Mostra sulla mappa
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Contatto amministrativo
Estelle Waise (Ms.)
Collegamenti
Costo totale
Nessun dato

Partecipanti (16)

Condividi questa pagina

Scarica

Ultimo aggiornamento: 25 Maggio 2022

Il mio booklet

Permalink: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/228730/it

European Union, 2024