Antiviral coating for PPE to protect healthcare workers

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Researchers at Liverpool University have been awarded £615,000 from UKRI to develop a new antiviral coating for PPE to protect healthcare workers from Covid-19.

Led by Dr Raechelle D’Sa and supported by Dr Jenny Hanson, from the University’s School of Engineering, the project aims to develop a new coating with antiviral and antifouling properties that can be readily applied to PPE surfaces.

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The project will also investigate how long the Covid-19 virus survives on visors and antiviral coated visors under a range of conditions to better understand how to minimise the transmission of infection.

Covid-19 is transmitted through large respiratory droplets generated by coughing, sneezing or speaking which can also survive on surfaces. PPE plays a crucial role in interrupting the transmission of Covid-19, but research has found that a high level of viral load and the process of putting PPE on and taking it off presents an increased risk transmission.

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