Abstract:
Enterococcus continues to create new therapeutic problems and dilemmas since it has
the ability to spread penicillin and vancomycin resistance to other gram positive
species. In order to ensure removal and inactivation of enterococcus, increasing the
dose for chemical disinfectant, chlorine, is required which may result in higher
concentration of oxidation by-product that may cause cancer. Membranes are now
being used for bacteria removal as it can improve the water quality while avoiding
formation of carcinogens. This study is conducted to develop membranes with
different polymer concentrations which were 10%, 15% and 16% as well as different
additives (PVP and PEG) and obtain the best formulation which can produce high
performance ultrafiltration membrane in removal of Enterococcus faecalis.
