Show Sneeze Device Helps Doctor I Paul associate professor of microbiology at the College of has vented a This machine was designed to test a new surgical mask under conditions of a surgeon or nurse sneezing through his mask during an SAYS the and bacteria which has been deliberately placed in the machine is released into the Then a culture is taken from the air to determine the amount of bacteria which filtered through the Nicholes reports that the machine's sneezing has been extremely valuable in putting his new and all other masks to a severe With the aid of this remarkable Nicholes has developed a new mask which filters out 99 per cent of infection producing Only 10 per cent or less are effectively filtered out by the standard cotton gauze The which is resembles the familiar white gauze surgical and covers and extends under the sur-geons's It also flares out somewhat so that the material is not directly and pressing the nose and In seeking a filtration tested many substances and found that the one micron fiberglass strands were the only The mask is now being produced at full capacity by the Des-eret Pharmaceutical Company at a rate of a The Company hopes to double production soon in order to be able to meet increasing Due to Nichole's outstanding work the ever present risk of infection contracted in hospital operating rooms is being erased in many Utah and East coast hospitals through the use of a revolutionary new type of surgical ACCORDING TO Louis P. head of the College of department of this research has resulted in a genuine contribution to advancement of is an excellent demonstration of the wide spectrum of medical research that goes on within a medical school basic science This is an example of research when is applied directly to advancing public health and the practice of There are other such as there are many examples of research being done right in all which are vitally to increasing man's understanding of disease and of the basis of human Gebhardt |