New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Researchers at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an autonomous institute under the DST, have developed a canister bag lined with super-absorbent material for safe handling and disposal of respiratory secretions in hospitals for ICU patients of Covid-19 and TB or those with copious respiratory secretions treated in the wards.
The super-absorbent material containing an effective disinfectant is named "AcryloSorb".
"When the patient is admitted to the hospital, secretions are sucked into bottles or canisters using a vacuum line and discarded through the waste fluid disposal system after subjecting to the decontamination process.
"There is a high risk of contamination during th...