Solar-powered sterilization box facility allows for safer surgeries in developing countries, according to an article on the Tech Times website.
The incidences of surgical-site infections are about nine times higher in developing countries than in developed countries.
In a bid to mitigate this problem, Rice University researchers developed a solar-powered sterilization facility to sterilize medical tools for reuse.
Known as the Sterile Box, the low-power mobile facility is built into a 20-foot steel shipping container that houses all the needed equipment to prepare surgical instruments so they can be safely reused. The facility can be set up anywhere.
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