The Non-Ferrous Metals Division of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow presented a system of balustrades and stair handrails made of an antimicrobial copper alloy.

The department is working on the implementation of antimicrobial tactile surfaces made of copper and its alloys in public places and promotes pro-health properties of copper-based metallic materials.

During the presentation of the system, a scientific seminar was held. Dr Eng Monika Walkowicz delivered a seminar lecture “Copper and copper alloys in antimicrobial tactile applications”.

The antimicrobial effectiveness of copper has been used for therapeutic purposes since antiquity. The subject of the lecture was supported by the results of microbiological tests of antibacterial effectiveness of copper and its commercial alloys in contact with pathogenic bacteria such as E. coli, Escherichia coli, or Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus aureus.