The Permanent Wide-Spectrum Disinfectant Approach to Antibiotic Resistance and Hospital Infections (ANTIMIC) project implemented in the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences in partnership with Inovent took first place in the 4th Chemicals R&D Project Marketplace.
The fourth “R&D Marketplace in Chemical Substances and Products” was held at the Haliç Convention Center on November 1, 2014 in order to contribute to high-value production in the chemicals industry.
The 4th R&D Marketplace in Chemical Substances and Products was coordinated by the Exporters’ Assembly of Turkey (TİM) and held by the Union of Chemical Substance and Product Exporters of Istanbul (İKMİB) in association with the Union of Chemical Substance and Product Exporters of the Mediterranean (AKMİB) with the support of TÜBİTAK.
Permanent Wide-Spectrum Disinfectant Approach to Antibiotic Resistance and Hospital Infections
Project Owner: Yusuf Menceloğlu
Project Partners: Hikmet Budak, Ömer Hızıroğlu
Hospital infections are defined as infections that are not in the incubation phase when a patient is admitted to hospital, and develop within 48 to 72 hours after admission or within 10 days of discharge. According to a 2007 report by the Ministry of Health, the prevalence of hospital infections in Turkey is between 5 to 15%. Antibiotic resistance occurs as a result of ineffective disinfectant use and cross contamination, which enables microorganisms to develop immunity.
The project envisages a permanent antimicrobial treatment to be applied to masks, gloves, scrubs, separator sheets, walls, ventilation filters and other hospital equipment in order to prevent contamination that leads to hospital infections, which then does not pollute waste water.
The runners up of the 4th R&D Marketplace in Chemical Substances and Products will be displayed during the Innovation Week of Turkey.