Infections and medical devices - applying research to improve outcomes - Knowledge Works

It may be the 21st century, but infections continue to pose a very real threat to society, causing patient suffering and billions of dollars of hospital and general medical costs worldwide.
Medical devices such as catheters and implants are often colonised by bacteria and become infected, despite sterilisation and aseptic procedures. Infection rates for total joint arthroplasties have been reported in the range of 0.5-5 per cent. These infections often result in the need for follow-up surgical intervention including removal of the medical device.
In his Knowledge Works lecture, Dr Krasimir Vasilev will discuss the issue of infections and its effects on patients and society -- both globally and locally. He will outline the common strategies for preventing infections, along with some of the latest developments in this area including several novel technologies for the generation of antibacterial surfaces developed in his research group. These include nanoengineered surfaces which have the ability to inhibit bacterial colonisation without damaging surrounding cells.

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