Why Antimicrobial Cards? Once circulated in the public, plastic cards are apt to harbor germs. You cannot always control who has handles your cards. Since you cannot control behaviors, you have to control the surface that the germ lands on, the contaminator that you may come in contact with. Why not make the plastic PVC card out of antimicrobial plastic?
An analysis of workers at Monash Medical Centre showed that badges carried pathogenic bacteria, according to research published in the Medical Journal of Australia. The Researchers collected samples from the surface, edge and connections of badges worn by 53 nurses and 18 doctors. They isolated 18 pathogens from badges. Of the microbes isolated overall, seven were the 'superbug' methicillin...