摘要
根据世界卫生组织的说法，全世界每十位到医院就诊的患者中大约会有一位从医疗设施上受到一种新的感染。“受到污染的医院设施表面是传播这些感染的主要元凶。”埃塞尔·科兰滕指出，她是英国伦敦大学学院的化学家。
Across the world, about one hospital patient in every 10 picks up a new infection while at the health care thcility. That＇s according to the World Health Organization. ＂Contaminated hospital surfaces play a key role in spreading those infections.＂ notes Ethel Koranteng. She＇s a chemist in England at University College London. Her team has just developed a material to make hospital surfaces self-disinfecting. Such technologies are known as ＂active surfaces＂ .The new material simply turning on a room＇s lights unleashes its germ-killing properties.
