How is Silver used in manufacturing antibacterial products?

SilverShield is safe to be integrated into everything from hospital beds to light switches to water tanks, as well as products that come in contact with food – such as cutting boards, dishes, and knives. It can be simply and seamlessly integrated during production, achieving the desired antimicrobial efficacy without affecting the look or feel of each individual product. The SilverShield additive can be introduced to the manufacturing process in various forms such as power and pellet – depending on the end-use product application and material. Once combined, it is non-leaching, and cannot be washed off or worn away – remaining effective even if a product is nicked or scratched. This provides 24/7 antibacterial product protection with proven efficacy.

Assured Quality

Some companies test their antimicrobial silver technologies with little regard to how products are actually used, even modifying industry-standard testing methods. Microban takes no shortcuts when it comes to creating reliable technologies using the antibacterial properties of silver, or in testing the efficacy of those technologies. Microban rigorously tests all antibacterial additives using industry-standard methods – always passing with flying colors – and SilverShield has been shown to reduce Salmonella enterica, E. coli, MRSA and VRE presence by up to 99.9 % in just two hours post-exposure.