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THE NEED FOR surgical CAREDistributed surgical instrument sterilization usingSOLAR POWERED AUTOCLAVESin low resource APPROPRIATE AND AFFORDABLE SOLUTIONSOLARCLAVE SYSTEM DESIGNCOLLABORATIONADVANTAGES OF SOLAR STERILIZATIONEffectivenessCostBoiling waterChemical SterilantsCentralized HospitalTabletop AutoclaveDEVELOPMENTSOLAR OVEN ISOLAR OVEN IISOLARCLAVESUBASSEMBLIES8 PARTS5 PARTS8 PARTSSUPPLY CHAIN COMPLEXITY100% LOCAL MATERIALS90% LOCAL MATERIALS90% LOCAL MATERIALS; 100% LOCAL REPLACEABLEPARTSASSEMBLY TIME1 DAY1 DAY3 DAYSMANUFACTURETRAINING 7 DAYS 8 DAYS10 DAYSUSER TRAINING3 HOURS3 HOURS1 DAYVOLUMELOWLOWHIGHCOST~$300~$300~ $400The surgical care gap between developing and developed countriescould be substantially reduced through integrated strategies

THE NEED FOR SURGICAL CARE Distributed surgical instrument sterilization using SOLAR POWERED AUTOCLAVES in low resource settings medicaldevices@who.int

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