-The first establishment of France care fully equipped with handrails and handrails, copper was inaugurated Friday, January 21. The Centre Inter Générationnel Multi home (CIGMA) of Laval, Mayenne, and collecting both a crèche and a facility of accommodation for the dependent elderly, chose this material to prevent nosocomial diseases.
To equip fully establishing copper, 260 linear feet of handrails and 205 pairs of crutches of door were installed. These surfaces are regularly affected both by patients, visitors and the staff of care and, therefore, contribute to the spread of bacteria and other germs to the origin of the transmission of the flu and gastroenteritis.
The choice of copper comes from the fact that it is supposed to “significantly reduce the survival time of bacteria”, such as salmonella, Escherichia coli or the Staphylococcus aureus, specifies the CIGMA.
And according to Michel Porhel, initiator of the project and the CIGMA Manager, “whether the elderly or early childhood, the CIGMA hosts a fragile population to certain diseases such as influenza or the gastroenteritis.” Prevention against infectious diseases is a priority, both in the areas of care and living spaces. “Given the success of the tests conducted in a hospital environment, the choice of copper as a permanent agent to combat the bacterial proliferation was for us evidence”. “Next”.