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under the NUS College of Design and Engineering and the NUS Institute for Health Innovation & Technology; and Simiao Niu, assistant professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers University, to learn about how their research could lead to better wound healing.
36 Healing innovation Molnlycke Health Care
40 Battling biofilm
There are several reasons why chronic wounds are a blight on the globe’s medical systems, but formation of a biofilm on a wound’s surface is perhaps the most difficult to overcome. This barrier shields bacteria against the body’s immune defences and reduces antibiotic efficacy So how can clinicians breach it? Abi Millar asks Barbara Conway, head of pharmacy at the University of Huddersfield, UK, and co-director of the Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention; Sarah Rowe- Conlon, a research associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina, and Virginie Papadopoulou, research assistant professor in the UNC-NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Infection control 44 Safe spaces
The transmission risk associated with SARS-CoV-2 forced numerous changes
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to the way hospitals operate. Now we’re not dealing with the worst excesses of the virus, how much learning from this experience has been maintained in hospitals through permanent changes to infection control procedures? Professor Lyn Gilbert, former chair of Australia’s Infection Control Expert Group (ICEG), tells Abi Millar her thoughts.
48 Critical care
48 Never miss a beat Arrhythmias aren’t that uncommon and usually don’t present a grave health threat. But in places like the ICU, where even slight variations in cardiac output can be symptomatic of pathology, or even threaten the life of a patient, keeping tabs is vital for a quick response with treatment. There are established methods to monitor
cardiac output of course, but as technology advances, medical researchers are able to push the envelope of what’s possible. Sarah Harris speaks to Dr Alexandra Kharazi, cardiothoracic surgeon at CVTS Medical Group, and Dr Subasit Acharji, interventional cardiologist at MetroWest Medical Center, to find out about some of the latest methods that could improve cardiac monitoring both in and out of clinics.
Operating room technology 51 Remote surgery
Barriers to healthcare are nothing new. Inequalities of different kinds can impact the sort of medical care a person receives, but when it comes to the physical location of a patient being prohibitive of surgical intervention, there’s a technological answer. Remote surgery uses internet connectivity and a suite of robotics equipment to allow surgeons to conduct procedures while thousands of miles away from patients. Monica Karpinski speaks to three experts at the cutting edge of remote robotic surgery to find out how it could transform surgical procedures and make them accessible to more patients.
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55 Important ideas for the entire health market
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