TY - JOUR
T1 - Biomaterials
T2 - Antimicrobial surfaces in biomedical engineering and healthcare
AU - Sheridan, Mark
AU - Winters, Caitriona
AU - Zamboni, Fernanda
AU - Collins, Maurice N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s)
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Contamination of biomedical products with pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, and viruses) is one of the main causes of hospital-acquired infections (HAI), and a major burden to the healthcare system. The development of biomaterials that can hamper the contamination of surfaces is vital to decrease patient-related infections in healthcare settings. In this landscape, this review identifies some of the latest antimicrobial strategies while paying particular attention to emerging antimicrobial biomaterials and nature-inspired antimicrobial surface topographies, which are rapidly finding application in the fabrication of biomedical engineering constructs.
AB - Contamination of biomedical products with pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, and viruses) is one of the main causes of hospital-acquired infections (HAI), and a major burden to the healthcare system. The development of biomaterials that can hamper the contamination of surfaces is vital to decrease patient-related infections in healthcare settings. In this landscape, this review identifies some of the latest antimicrobial strategies while paying particular attention to emerging antimicrobial biomaterials and nature-inspired antimicrobial surface topographies, which are rapidly finding application in the fabrication of biomedical engineering constructs.
KW - Antimicrobial surfaces
KW - Biomaterials
KW - Biomedical engineering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85126034301&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cobme.2022.100373
DO - 10.1016/j.cobme.2022.100373
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85126034301
SN - 2468-4511
VL - 22
JO - Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering
JF - Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering
M1 - 100373
ER -