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Archive > November, 2009 Vol. X, No. 11

What Do You Know About Products Treated With Antimicrobials?

Test your knowledge about device-related infections and the antimicrobial coatings that can help prevent them.

Robert Manasse, PhD

The logic behind coating such medical devices as indwelling catheters, invasive lines and implants with antimicrobials is simple: By adding inhibitory or cidal agents to items that enter or penetrate a normally intact area, it's possible to prevent, or at least decrease, the chance of a bacterial infection occurring in that space or organ. But does the clinical evidence bear this logic out? Take the true-or-false quiz on the next page and then read on for an exploration of the potential benefits of products treated with antimicrobials.

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