The effectiveness of antibacterial curtains in comparison with standard privacy curtains against transmission of microorganisms in a hospital setting.

Studies have shown a correlation between a cleaner patient environment and lower infection rates and reduced risk of transmission. Privacy curtains are potentially important sites of bacterial contamination in hospitals. Privacy curtains integrated with antimicrobial properties have been shown to increase the time to first contamination compared with standard privacy curtains. In this study, we examined the difference in bacterial colonization...