Abstract: A disinfection device is disclosed having a container, a scrub element, a disinfectant or antimicrobial agent, and a removable seal. The scrub element may be disposed on a base scrub. The container configured to define a chamber to contain the base scrub, scrub element, and disinfectant or antimicrobial agent. The base scrub and/or scrub element(s) are adapted to compress and contact the distal tip and sidewall of a male Luer connector, female Luer connector or hemodialysis connector upon insertion of the connector into the chamber. The removable seal prevents the disinfectant or the antimicrobial agent from exiting the chamber. Also described are methods of disinfecting a medical connector, and an assembly comprising a device for disinfecting a medical connector.

Abstract: A system and method for fabricating a blanket metallic nanoporous film positioned a substrate in an electrochemical cell using a galvanostatic dealloying method where areal current density is directly controlled and the process is terminated when the potential reaches a predetermined cut-off value. A blanket metallic nanoporous film attached to a substrate that is substantially crack free, has a bicontinuous porous structure with the interconnecting ligaments having a length scale from 10 nm to 30 nm, and has a continuous interconnected porous region having a length scale from 10 nm to 30 nm.