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SolarClave system employs Sun to sterilize medical equipment

By Damir Beciri
4 Comments28 February 2013

mit-solarclaveIn Nicaragua, a relatively low number of health centers which serve six million people are currently backed up by around 1,300 “health posts” that provide emergency care, obstetric services and the occasional baby delivery. Most of these posts either lack equipment to sterilize surgical tools and bandages or have kerosene-powered autoclaves, but a team of… »