Silver in various forms has been show to impact bacterial cells, as noted in the silverdefender link below. I have never seen anything suggesting that silver impacts viral viability..
This is what I was thinking of when I misread the word "antimicrobial" as "antibacterial" at the beginning of this thread.
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Are you referring to "Microban" type products?
Thank you,
Yaritza Brinker
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Hi Everyone,
Copying a question I saw in another group, does anyone have used antimicrobial-type tapes for highly touched areas?
Can you share your thoughts?
Thank you,
Alessandra
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