Intravenous connector having antimicrobial treatment

A method for making an intravenous connector having a valve body and a silicone seal member, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a silicone slurry including therein an antimicrobial material comprising a silane quaternary ammonium salt;
• processing the slurry to form the silicone seal member;
• and
• assembling the silicone member and the valve body.

An intravenous connector comprising:

• a valve body having an open first end configured to receive a syringe for administering medicine to a patient, and a second end opposite the first end;
• and
• a spike element having a tapered hollow spike terminating in a tip at a first end and having a second end configured for attaching to an intravenous tube, said spike element secured in said valve body such that said tip is disposed proximate the first end of said valve body and the second end of said spike element is located at the second end of said valve body,
• a pliable seal member disposed in said valve body around said tapered hollow spike and exposed at the open first end of said valve body configured to receive the syringe,
• wherein an antimicrobial material is incorporated on or within said seal member and is coated on said valve body and said spike element, and
• wherein said antimicrobial material comprises a silane quaternary ammonium salt.