Independent, clinical, and in-house testing have consistently demonstrated Cupron technolog's effectiveness against a broad range of microorganisms in the medical arena. These include, but are not limited, to those identified in the following table:
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Organism |
% Reduction** |
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Fungus |
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Tricophyton mentagrophytes (foot fungus) |
>99.9 |
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Tricophyton rubrum |
>99.9 |
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Candida albicans |
>99.9 |
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Aspergillus niger |
>99.9 |
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Bacteria |
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
>99.9 |
|
Enterococcus faecalis (VRE) |
>99.9 |
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Escherichia coli (E. coli) |
>99.9 |
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Listeria |
>99.9 |
|
Klebsiella pneumonia |
>99.9 |
|
Acinetobacter baumannii |
>99.9 |
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Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) |
>99.9 |
|
Salmonella cholersuis |
>99.9 |
|
Virus |
|
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HIV 1 |
>99.9 |
|
Measles |
>99.9 |
|
Influenza (H1N1) (Swine flu) |
>99.9 |
|
Influenza (H9N2) (Bird flu) |
>99.9 |
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** test data on file. This data exclusively applies to medical devices.
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