A method for removing a biofilm
AssigneeTechnological University Dublin
InventorsGordon COOKE, Emma CARAHER, Jonathan BRADY
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Abstract
Provided is a method for preventing biofilm formation on a non-living surface. The biofilm comprising Klebsiella pneumoniae and/or Enterococcus faecalis. Provided is a method for removing, or reducing, a biofilm comprising Klebsiella pneumoniae and/or Enterococcus faecalis from a non-living surface. Preferably, the surface is the surface of a surgical instrument, a medical device, a surface in a clinical setting, or a surface in a bioprocessing facility.
Claims23
A method for preventing biofilm formation on a non-living surface, said biofilm comprising Klebsiella pneumoniae and/or Enterococcus faecalis, and said method comprising applying DHA, or a derivative thereof, to said surface.
The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the surface is an interior and/or exterior surface.
A method for removing, or reducing, a biofilm comprising Klebsiella pneumoniae and/or Enterococcus faecalis from a non-living surface, said method comprising applying DHA, or a derivative thereof, to said surface.
The method of any one of claims 13 to 17, in which the biofilm comprises Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterococcus faecalis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.