HOUSTON, March 23 (UPI) --Patients are nine times more likely develop surgical site infections in low-resource areas, and researchers at Rice University looking to mitigate the problem designed a ...

Researchers have validated their Sterile Box, a mobile, solar-powered facility to sterilize surgical instruments in low-resource settings. Rice University students and their mentors have created a ...

Patients in low-resource areas often suffer from surgical-site infections. Incidence for such infections is about nine times higher in developing countries than in developed countries. The infections ...

One of the risks of undergoing a surgical procedure is getting an on-site infection, which leads to longer periods in hospital and even death, especially when bacteria is resistant to current drugs.

Infection from surgery is a common problem in developing countries, according to a study in the journal Nature. To prevent contamination, a group of researchers at Rice University have developed a ...

HOUSTON - (March 23, 2016) - Rice University students and their mentors have created a sterilization station for surgical instruments that can help minimize risk of infections to patients anywhere in ...