Abstract: Nowadays, approaches that can endow polymers with anti-infective properties mainly contain(a) mixing antibacterial agents in bulk polymers; (b) surface modification of polymers;(c) molecule-composition technique. In this article, the research and progress of different processing-type antibacterial polymers developed in the recent 5 years are reviewed. Special emphasis will be on the advantages and disadvantages of each technology.

Key words: antibacterial polymer, blending modification, surface modification, molecule-composition