Materials Innovation Addresses Infection Risk

New Materials May Help Prevent Infection by Blocking Initial Bacterial Attachment.  Science Daily.  October 26, 2012.

British researchers have discovered a new class of materials that resist bacterial attachment.  If bacterial attachment can be thwarted, the formation of biofilm and hence antibiotic resistance can perhaps be overcome.  The hope is that clinical trials will show that this source of infection, and therefore increased hospital cost, can be lessened or eliminated.