Virginia Tech has joined some other big name sports teams in becoming pro-active in the fight against bacteria. They have sprayed all of their surfaces this week (equipment, facilities, turf and anything else they can find) with an antimicrobial solution manufactured by Sports Coatings, which is not a chemical killer (which could potentially produce more resistant bacteria) but a physical killer, as the molecules are dagger shaped and stab the Staphylococcus molecules and kill them that way. President of Sports Coatings, Art McWood says “It’s kind of like a blanket of swords.”
Did you know all of that microscopic warfare was going on around you in the world?
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MRSA Notes » Minnesota Vikings Are Being Proactive in the Fight Against MRSA // Aug 28, 2006 at 10:34 pm
[...] The Minnesota Vikings are the first NFL team to take advantage of new technologies in infection prevention and are using the products offered by Sport Coatings to protect their turf and their players. They join several college teams - hopefully this will become a trend! [...]
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