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2009-11-27 Science & Technology

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 If it is easy to use and reasonable cost this could be a game changer in hospitals, clinics, exam rooms.

Posted by tipover 2009-11-27 01:23|| 2009-11-27 01:23|| Front Page Top

#2 They don't need this high-tech crap, there is an alcohol gel that works just fine for cleaning hands. They had it in Europe forever before it finally got imported to America.

Posted by gromky 2009-11-27 01:46|| ]">[ ] 2009-11-27 01:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Alcohol is a fantastic before bed Gum Cleaner.

Hic!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-11-27 05:33|| 2009-11-27 05:33|| Front Page Top

#4 gromky: oddly enough, a system like this was proposed many years ago in science fiction, to be used as a surgical and post surgical apparatus. That is, some surgeries are very prone to infection, and these type devices would be used during the surgery itself, to drastically reduce the amount of pathogen at the site.

Also, one of the problems with UV light sterilization is that pathogens can hide behind anything that casts a shadow. But plasma behaves more like a liquid, getting into little spaces where bacteria can hide.

Another use would be to integrate one of these devices inside air ducts, to prevent the recycling of contaminated air. A big problem in commercial aircraft.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-27 05:51|| 2009-11-27 05:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Plasma sterilizer rays on automated robots patroling hospitals 24/7 ! Awesome, maybe i can did out my old Big Trak and make a home version !

Main concern for me is the faecal-oral route of infections in hospitals. Door handles, tissue dispensers et al need to be kept clean . As this plasama method is already used to sterilise surgical tools , then adapting to clean any enviroment in hospitals shouldnt be a problem really. Someeone more clinically sound could point out if these infections/bacterias could develop resistance/mutate ?

Still , washing hands with soap and water feels good ! (ok i need to get out more but healthy body=healthy mind and visa versa)

Posted by Oscar 2009-11-27 05:56|| 2009-11-27 05:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Plasma sterilizer rays on automated robots patroling hospitals 24/7 !

Okay...
:)

What size and how many?

Posted by Perry Stanford White 2009-11-27 06:22|| 2009-11-27 06:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Just coat stuff (like handles and bed rails) in silver, it's relatively cheap and kills germs.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-11-27 06:39|| 2009-11-27 06:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Plasma sterilizer rays on automated robots patroling hospitals 24/7 !

hmmm...

1 - not if SEIU has its way.
2 - robots, doing the jobs Americans won't. /sarc off

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-11-27 07:33|| 2009-11-27 07:33|| Front Page Top

#9 I think Cyberdyne is developing something called a T-900 to patrol hospitals terminating infections, Perry.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2009-11-27 09:39|| 2009-11-27 09:39|| Front Page Top

#10 We could have the equivalent of a Roomba sterilizer robot wandering about in the hospital. Give everybody something to talk about. Then, with the proper remote sensing, it could hone in and ~~assault~~ clean up the germs.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-11-27 11:32|| 2009-11-27 11:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Plasma sterilizer rays on automated robots patroling hospitals 24/7 !

Death rays on automated robots patrolling mosques 24/7!

Fixed for you.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2009-11-27 12:16|| 2009-11-27 12:16|| Front Page Top

#12 Yeah... just how much testing has been done on animals with this crap? "[W]hole concotion of chemical species that can be lethal to bacteria" just screams potential for poisonings, allergens, carcinogens, and assorted shocks to the system of vulnerable individuals, esp. during surgery.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-11-27 13:56|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-11-27 13:56|| Front Page Top

#13 We could have the equivalent of a Roomba sterilizer robot wandering about in the hospital. Give everybody something to talk about.

Indeed. So they would be at least many and small. I like it.

Posted by Perry Stanford White 2009-11-27 15:39|| 2009-11-27 15:39|| Front Page Top

#14 We could have the equivalent of a Roomba sterilizer robot wandering about in the hospital. Give everybody something to talk about.

But what would the nurses name it? That's critical -- Roombas are too cute to wander around unnamed.

Posted by trailing wife in Buffalo 2009-11-27 21:10|| 2009-11-27 21:10|| Front Page Top

#15 If they sterilize on contact? Hillary one, Hillary two...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-27 22:23|| 2009-11-27 22:23|| Front Page Top

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