Hospital beds with a silver lining?
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives
Experiments are being done to see if silver-containing bedclothes and sheets can act against drug-resistant bacteria like vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), not least in cutting down doctor-patient transfer of infections.
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