We are at the beginning of the 21st century and find ourselves under attack by silent legions of microbes to a degree not seen for many centuries. Antibiotic resistant bacterial, virus and fungal spores are increasing all the time with the inevitable dire consequence for human health.

10% of all hospital patients will be infected by a virus, fungal spore or Bacteria while in Hospital, treating these infections cost Billions of dollars, euros or pounds each year and at the same time these infections kill (one third of all Clostridium Dificille patients), waste resources (three times the amount of antibiotics at a far higher strength) and precious Hospital bed space (patient stay is three times longer for a MRSA infected patient).

Dexcrest Limited supply "Cupright", a range of hardware products designed specifically to combat "Transiently colonised" infections, these are infections that are transmitted from hand to hand and by hand to surface and surface to hand.

The most touched surface when moving about a building is of course the door handle, if its made of Stainless steel, plastic wood, Chrome, or ceramic for example a microbe could be just waiting for you to grab the handle and you become the next host for the infection.

A "Cupright" product fitted to any door will passively destroy all of these infections, to date there has not yet been found a bacteria, virus or fungal spore that can survive. Below is a list of infections that have so far been tested and have all been destroyed by the Cupright product.

Acinetobacter baumannii	Adenovirus
Aspergillus niger	Candida albicans
Campylobacter jejuni	Clostridium difficile
Enterobacter aerogenes	Escherichia coli O157:H7
Helicobacter Pylori	Influenza A (H1N1)
Legionella pneumophila	Listeria monocytogenes
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)	Poliovirus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Salmonella enteritidis
Staphylococcus aureus	Tubercle bacillus
Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE)

Clinical trials have shown that a "Cupright" door handle will kill a typical hand transfer of 100,000 bacteria MRSA in less than 15 minutes whereas the standard Stainless steel handle or push plate, which may look nice, shiny and clean, will harbour an infection for days, weeks and even months risking contamination of all who touch it. Cleaning these surfaces with specialist antimicrobial cleaners does not guarantee the destruction of the infection as it hides in scratches and surface imperfections of the material.

Get the power of copper working for you, from the copper wrist band to combat arthritis to the copper covered toilet seat that ensures you peace of mind, Cupright has the products to turn the tide in the antimicrobial war.