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ISSN Imprimir: 1947-5764
ISSN On-line: 1947-5772
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Development of Nonthermal Plasma-Assisted Hand Sanitization
RESUMO
Proper hand sanitization is an important practice necessary to reduce the spreading of nosocomial infections and is crucial in medical settings such as clinics, waiting rooms, and emergency rooms. Currently, insufficient measures are taken to reach the standards: medical professionals claim that the required time for current techniques frequently exceeds the time they have available. Thus, the manner in which liquid hand sanitizer is used today does not sufficiently sterilize the hands. There is a clear and documented prevalence of user error in the application of hand sanitizer and, as such, its usage does not achieve the sterilization requirement. The plasma-assisted hand sanitization system, presented in this paper, consists of three stages: first we generate small droplets in the air, next we treat these droplets in dielectric barrier discharge plasma, and finally we apply this plasma-treated mist to the user's hands. We report on the generation of plasma in the presence of droplets and show the antimicrobial activity of these droplets.
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Kramer Axel, Matthes Rutger, Bekeschus Sander, Bender Claudia, Napp Matthias, Lademann Olaf, Lademann Jürgen, Weltmann Klaus Dieter, Aktueller und perspektivischer Einsatz kalter Plasmen aus hygienischer Indikation, in Plasmamedizin, 2016. Crossref
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Singh Soumendra, Halder Animesh, Abdul Mohid SK., Bagchi Damayanti, Sinha Oindrila, Banerjee Amrita, Kumar Sarkar Probir, Bhunia Anirban, Ghosh Sanjay K., Mitra Amitabha, Pal Samir Kumar, Nonthermal Atmospheric Plasma-Induced Cellular Envelope Damage of Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans Biofilms: Spectroscopic and Biochemical Investigations, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 48, 8, 2020. Crossref