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In one method, gentamicin was in situ loaded on PDA-coated substrates during PDA polymerization followed by Ag NPs immobilization (named as Ag@Gen\/PDA); for the second method, Ag NPs and gentamicin were simultaneously loaded onto PDA via physical adsorption by immersing pre-formed PDA coatings into a mixed solution of Ag NPs and gentamicin (named as Ag\/Gen@PDA). The loading and release characteristics of these antimicrobial coatings were compared, and both gave variable outcomes. The in situ loading method consequently provided a relatively slow release of loaded antimicrobials, i.e., approx. 46% for Ag@Gen\/PDA as compared to 92% from physically adsorbed Ag\/GenPDA in an immersion period of 30 days. A similar trend was observed for gentamicin release, i.e., ~0.006 \u00b5g\/mL from Ag@Gen\/PDA and 0.02 \u00b5g\/mL from Ag\/Gen@PDA each day. The slower antimicrobial release from Ag@Gen\/PDA coatings would ultimately provide an effective long-term antimicrobial property as compared to Ag\/Gen@PDA. 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