A very interesting silver story>>> Also, BB I hope you covered your YHOO short. Up $10 on what, .08 earnings! Now short the snot out of it. Tulip time. Whoopppeee
Silver-coated catheter reduces infection, study shows
WASHINGTON, April 9 - A silver-coated catheter reduces the rate of urinary
tract infections by as much as 58 percent, researchers said on Wednesday.
Three different teams told a conference that the Bardex infection control catheter,
made by New Jersey-based medical products manufacturer C.R. Bard
Inc(BCR.N) , worked to prevent infections in patients.
Urinary tract infections account for more than 40 percent of all hospital-acquired
infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Three different studies presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of
America meeting found that Bard's silver-coated catheter reduced hospital
infections by anywhere between 30 and 58 percent.
"Little progress has been made in controlling these infections over the last 35
years,'' Dr. Dennis Maki of the University of Wisconsin said in a statement.
"This is the first time we have seen a catheter that provides substantial protection
against catheter-associated urinary tract infection,'' he said.
Silver has been touted for centuries as having antimicrobial effects.
About 90,000 people die every year from hospital-acquired infections.
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