A quick release antimicrobial hospital curtain is disclosed. The curtain is made up of a ventilated top portion attached by curtain carriers and eyelets to the existing curtain track, and a bottom portion, the bottom portion being impregnated with an antimicrobial material and woven through with elemental silver threads. The quick release mechanism is a breakaway zipper, also preferably made of an antimicrobially impregnated polymer that may be unfastened either with a conventional zipper handle or simply pulled to detach the bottom portion from the upper.
