AIBN	2,2′-azobisisobutyronitrile
ATCC	American Type Culture Collection
br	broad
BuI	1-iodobutane
CDCl3	deuterated chloroform
CFU	colony-forming units
CLSI	Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute
DMF	N,N-dimethylformamide
DMSO	dimethyl sulfoxide
DMSO-d6	deuterated dimethyl sulfoxide
DSC	differential scanning calorimetry
−dw/dT	rate of weight loss
fMTA	feed molar fraction of MTA
FMTA	molar fraction of MTA in the copolymer
GPC	gel permeation chromatography
HAI	hospital-acquired infections
HEMA	2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate
MeOH	methanol
MeI	iodomethane
MIC	minimum inhibitory concentration
Mn	number average molecular weight
MTA	2-(4-methylthiazol-5-yl)ethyl methacrylate
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
P. aeruginosa	Pseudomonas aeruginosa
PBS	phosphate buffered saline
PDI	polydispersity indexes
PHEMA	poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)
PMTA	poly(2-(4-methylthiazol-5-yl)ethyl methacrylate)
P(MTA-co-HEMA)	copolymers of HEMA with MTA
RI	alkyl iodide
S. aureus	Staphylococcus aureus
Tdmax	temperature of maximum rate of weight loss
Tdonset	initial degradation temperature
TGA	thermogravimetric analysis
Tg	glass transition temperature