The recently opened Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre in Harrogate – a newly-built cancer support and information centre (HEJ – January 2015) – features antimicrobial copper touch surfaces.
The centre was designed by IBI Group, and, constructed by Sir Robert McAlpine.
To reduce the risk of infections spreading between patients, staff, and visitors, the IBI Group singled out some of the most frequently touched surfaces for special consideration. Door furniture was the first surface targeted.
Allgood supplied its Contego antimicrobial copper lever handles, push plates, pull handles, WC turns, and escutcheons. Made from a copper alloy, benefiting from the metal's inherent ability to rapidly kill bacteria and viruses on contact, Contego items ‘have the aesthetic of stainless steel’, meaning they also complement the surrounding, non-touch items such as signage, door closers, and kick plates.
