SBIR Phase I: Room Temperature Medical Waste Treatment

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目建议研究和开发一种新的、可靠的、负担得起的医疗废物有效去污/杀菌技术。这项技术是基于由标准微波炉磁控管供电的非热等离子体源生产的空气/气体灭菌剂。在初步试验中，含有血浆流出物中产生的自由基的气流有效地灭活了储存在培养皿上的高浓度微生物(107/毫升)，并在灭菌过程温度保持在~30oC的情况下，杀灭了嵌入在小纸盘中的106个孢子。在该计划的第一阶段，将对大范围医疗废物的灭菌效果进行验证。根据美国环境保护局的数据，美国的医院和诊所产生多达100万吨的医疗废物，其中高达15%会构成潜在的感染危险。新出现的去污技术应运而生，尤其是那些不会产生有害副产品的技术。我们的技术是环保的，应该相对容易推向市场。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to research and develop a novel, reliable, affordable, technology for effective decontamination/ sterilization of medical waste. The technology is based on an air/gas sterilant produced in a non-thermal plasma source powered by a standard microwave oven magnetron. During preliminary tests, an air stream containing free radicals produced in the plasma effluent effectively inactivated 100% of highly concentrated microorganisms (107/ml) deposited on a Petri dish and killed 106 spores imbedded in a small paper disk with the temperature of the sterilization process maintained at ~30oC. During Phase I of the program tests of sterilizing efficacy of wide range medical waste will be validated. According to the Environmental Protection Agency hospitals and clinics in the United States generate up to one million ton of medical waste, and as much as 15% of it poses a potential infection hazard. New emerging decontamination technologies are on demand, especially those, which do not produce harmful byproducts. Our technology is environmentally friendly and should be relatively easy to market.