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St. Luke's, Lehigh University collaboration leads to clever, life-saving invention. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Among tales of hope, generosity and togetherness, the COVID-19 pandemic has additionally given rise to an unbelievable feat of ingenuity â the invention of the "Bug Zappify mosquito zapper" to sterilize masks. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â As hospitals and different front-line organizations jumped to safe massive quantities of life-saving supplies and personal protective tools (PPE), there has also been the need to determine faster, extra environment friendly methods to wash and sterilize those gadgets, significantly the coveted N95 masks. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â St. Luke's University Health Network anesthesiologist, Christopher Roscher, MD, anticipated the necessity and an idea started to form. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The St. Luke's Sterile Processing Department, or SPD, is the place where all surgical and medical instruments are despatched to be meticulously cleaned, sanitized and packaged for reuse. |
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