Copper, Silver Tested As Germ Wards

January 1st, 2008 in Medicine & Health / Other

(AP) -- Out with stainless steel, in with copper? It might be a new hospital trend - not for looks, but for germ-fighting. Some intensive-care units in New York and South Carolina are about to get copper fittings as part of a project to test if drug-resistant bacteria survive better on hospitals' ubiquitous stainless steel than on copper.

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