in areas where harmful substances are used and ensure that all hazardous materials are properly labeled and stored. Workers should receive training on how to handle these substances safely, and PPE like respirators, gloves, and protective suits should be readily available and mandatory in high-risk...
It was localized in the intrapancreatic part of the common bile duct and caused obstruction of the bile downflow. The patient underwent radical surgical procedures because a malignant tumor was clinically suspected. Macroscopically, the tumor appeared as a duct stricture caused by diffuse infiltration ...
Staack’s group also detailed progress on sterilizing masks, gowns, and other types of PPE with various radiation doses from electron beams, which have long been used to kill microbes on medical devices. While the treatment effectively gets rid of germs, the experiments revealed that ...
As elective urologic procedures are being reduced to conserve resources, we sought to quantify the PPE used per case to determine the impact on potentially limited resources needed for protecting healthcare providers treating COVID-19 patients. METHODS An IRB approved retrospective analysis of all ...
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been extensively used in numerous commercial products including textiles, cosmetics, and health care items mainly due to their strong antimicrobial properties1,2. Previous studies esti- mated that the production of AgNPs and the number of AgNP-containing products would...
They are widely used to formally represent information in many domains, such as semantic web [6], smart home [7], and healthcare [8]. The SWARMs project also adopts ontologies to model all information that is necessarily exchanged between vehicles. A networked ontology is developed as a part...