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Decontamination of mobile phones and electronic devices for health care professionals using a chlorhexidine/carbomer 940® gel

Rafael Muniz de Oliveira, Nereida Mello da Rosa Gioppo, Jancineide Oliveira de Carvalho, Francilio Carvalho

Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering 2019, Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 192-198 doi: 10.1007/s11705-018-1728-5

Abstract: Though they reduce microorganism growth, current hospital disinfectants also damage many of today’s modern electronic devices such as tablets and smartphones. Herein, the efficacy of a new chlorhexidine digluconate gel (CDG) was tested as a disinfectant for mobile and electronic devices in a clinical environment. Specifically, , , and methicillin resistant were used to infect the screen of eight smartphones. The CDG was prepared at concentrations of 2%, 4% and 6%, and tested on paper disks infected with these bacteria before being tested on the smartphones. The devices were disinfected with the CDG gel (4%) at two times: immediately and after 5 min of the bacterial contamination. In all cases, the CDG gel eliminated 100% of gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms compared to the control (without any agent). In addition, the gel did not damage the smartphones. Therefore, our study suggests that the CDG gel may be applied to disinfect a wide range of electronic devices for health care professionals in the hospital environment.

Keywords： smartphones disinfection clinical environment chlorhexidine bacteria

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New spinal robotic technologies

Bowen Jiang, Tej D. Azad, Ethan Cottrill, Corinna C. Zygourakis, Alex M. Zhu, Neil Crawford, Nicholas Theodore

Frontiers of Medicine 2019, Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 723-729 doi: 10.1007/s11684-019-0716-6

Abstract: Robotic systems in surgery have developed rapidly. Installations of the da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA), widely used in urological and gynecological procedures, have nearly doubled in the United States from 2010 to 2017. Robotics systems in spine surgery have been adopted more slowly; however, users are enthusiastic about their applications in this subspecialty. Spinal surgery often requires fine manipulation of vital structures that must be accessed via limited surgical corridors and can require repetitive tasks over lengthy periods of time — issues for which robotic assistance is well-positioned to complement human ability. To date, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved 7 robotic systems across 4 companies for use in spinal surgery. The available clinical data evaluating their efficacy have generally demonstrated these systems to be accurate and safe. A critical next step in the broader adoption of surgical robotics in spine surgery is the design and implementation of rigorous comparative studies to interrogate the utility of robotic assistance. Here we discuss current applications of robotics in spine surgery, review robotic systems FDA-approved for use in spine surgery, summarize randomized controlled trials involving robotics in spine surgery, and comment on prospects of robotic-assisted spine surgery.

Keywords： robotics spine surgery Mazor ExcelsiusGPS ROSA pedicle screw