The health care industry, or medical industry, is a sector that provides goods and services to treat patients with curative, preventive, rehabilitative, or palliative care. The healthcare industry is composed of establishments devoted to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of medical conditions. It is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. The health care industry is important as it has a direct effect on the quality of life of people and national economies worldwide. This industry is in a constant battle against infection and disease and eventually more during the outbreak of Covid-19 especially.

There are health types of equipment that rely upon copper, it is needed for medical equipment used for diagnostics as well as equipment to treat and monitor patients’ progress.  For example, due to its thermal conductivity performance, the copper cold plates are widely developed for MRI scanners as well. Besides, the antimicrobial properties of copper have been known to prevent attachment by living organisms. 

By taking advantages of its special properties, copper is used in a number of health applications such as copper bed railings, copper door handles and knobs are a major point of contact for patients.  When cleaned regularly, frequently touched surfaces manufactured from uncoated copper alloy materials will continuously kill bacteria that cause infections. Copper is believed to affect microorganisms by rupturing the cell membrane of the organism, weakening it, and causing copper to obstruct the normal metabolism of the cell. 

Using copper so that can reduce the risk of infection to everyone since a virus will not survive on the surface of the copper. These properties were noticed by the health care industry to incorporate the copper properties into hospitals and other health care facilities.

As we have realized that medical care facilities have started to utilize copper in their operations. Oriental Copper, we foresee more development in this valuable segment which requires efficient copper materials. We, therefore, aim to enhance our know-how in copper product solutions to serve all requirements of our customers in the healthcare market.

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