Free open-source hardware and 3D printing could help to alleviate the burden of COVID-19 on global health systems, according to scientists at the University of Sussex in England.
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One of 24×7 Magazine’s editorial board members, Dr. Binseng Wang, exchanged emails with the operations manager of an independent service organization that supports public hospitals in Northern Italy to learn firsthand how the pandemic affected the people and HTM professionals there.
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A simple “do it yourself” breathing circuit, using accessories that are readily available in intensive care, can be used to ventilate two critically ill patients at once, should clinicians be faced with equipment shortages, suggests research published online in the journal Thorax.
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Ventilators have gotten a lot of attention in the ongoing fight against COVID-19. But hundreds of hospitals around the world have another, less-publicized weapon that might help some of the most desperately ill patients survive when ventilators aren’t enough.
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A Penn State team of researchers has proposed a novel solution to the shortage of medical equipment: Reusing these devices via equipment designed for plasma-based sterilization in medical facilities.
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