Uv curable solventless antimicrobial compositions

A UV curable coating composition comprising:

• a) an adhesive, having;
• an oligomer from approximately 10 parts to approximately 90 parts by weight in 100 parts UV curable coating composition, the oligomer being selected from the group consisting of acrylated aliphatic urethanes, acrylated aromatic urethanes, acrylated polyesters, unsaturated polyesters, acrylated polyethers, and acrylated acrylics;
• a monomer from approximately 5 parts to approximately 90 parts by weight in 100 parts UV curable coating composition, the monomer being selected from the group consisting of 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate, isooctyl acrylate, isobornylacrylate, 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, diethylene glycol diacrylate, triethylene glycol diacrylate, pentaerythritol tetra acrylate, penta erythritol tri acrylate, dimethoxy phenyl acetophenone hexyl methyl acrylate, and 1,6 hexanidiol methacrylate;
• and
• a photoinitiator from approximately 1 part to approximately 10 parts by weight in 100 parts UV curable coating composition, the photoinitiator being selected from the group consisting of one or more benzoin ethers, an acetophenone, a benzoyl oxime, an acyl phosphine oxide, a Michler's ketone, a thioxanthone, an anthroguionone, a benzophenone, a methyl diethanol amine, and a 2-N-butoxyethyl-4-(dimethylamino)benzoate;
• and
• b) an insoluble antimicrobial agent comprising a particle size less than about 15 μm, and provided in a concentration from approximately 0.5 parts to approximately 50 parts by weight in 100 parts UV curable coating composition, the antimicrobial agent selected from the group consisting of aldehydes, anilides, biguanides, silver, silver compound, bis-phenols, and quaternary ammonium compounds.