When it comes to the risk of nasty infections—paradoxically—hospitals are the worst places to go. It’s estimated that one in 25 patients will receive an infection from the hospital they are going to for treatment. Now a new startup, Copper Biohealth, has found that copper bedrails reduce the likelihood of getting an infection substantially—from eight percent to about three percent. Bedrails are a great place for microbes to propagate, and copper wipes out the sometimes-deadly microbes almost instantly. It cost between $60-$100 per bed per month to outfit it with copper rails from Copper BioHealth.
Copper bedrails would reduce hospital infections
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