BWI: Perma Pure’s Nafion® Inhibits Bacteria Growth in Medical Applications

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Perma Pure
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 09:00 AM IST (03:30 AM GMT)
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Perma Pure's Nafion® Inhibits Bacteria Growth in Medical Applications


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, December 29, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- With outbreaks of antibiotic resistant bacteria on the rise, infection control is an increasingly important part of patient care. Nafion dryers from Perma Pure, used in anaesthesia monitoring, metabolic testing, and capnography, have been shown to inhibit the growth of infectious bacteria.

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Independent lab testing has confirmed that Perma Pure's Nafion material effectively inhibits the growth of two common bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Both microorganisms can cause a variety of infections including, but not limited to, skin lesions, pneumonia, meningitis and endocarditis.

Nafion is used in Perma Pure's MET-Series Moisture Exchangers for breath sample dryers, filters and sample lines to dry or humidify medical gas and breath sample streams. In either drying or humidifying applications, the ME-Series products seek equilibrium with room humidity, transferring water vapour into or out of the tubing in a stable, self-regenerating cycle.

In breath drying applications, such as capnography and anaesthesia monitoring, Nafion's antibacterial properties reduce the risk of biological growth in sample lines, breathing circuits and within instruments. In humidification of medical gases, such as supplemental oxygen, Nafion presents a superior alternative to devices constructed of materials sensitive to bacterial growth and biofouling. As the antibacterial properties are an inherent part of Nafion's molecular makeup, these properties do not degrade over time as do antibacterial coatings applied to the inside of other tubing.

ME-Series Nafion dryers remove only water vapour from gas streams, without altering or removing any of the other elements. The antibacterial membrane tubing does not require power input for operation and there are no moving parts to fail. With levels of humidification only reaching ambient conditions, there is no threat of rainout in the sample lines.

About Perma Pure

Perma Pure LLC (www.permapure.com) manufactures a full line of gas conditioning products including dryers, humidifiers, filters, coalescers, specialty scrubbers and complete sampling systems for use in medical, scientific and industrial applications. The company is the sole manufacturer of Nafion tubing under license from the polymer manufacturer, DuPont. Perma Pure is based in Toms River, New Jersey, with representatives and distributors around the world. The company is a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c.

About Halma

Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and healthcare.

Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.

Perma Pure head office contact details:
Perma Pure LLC
8 Executive Drive
Toms River, NJ 08755
USA
Tel: +1 732 244 0010; Fax: +1 732 244 8140
Email: info@permapure.com
Website: www.permapure.com


CONTACT DETAILS
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0)20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com
Mr Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 4200 0700, Srini@halma.com

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