Plasma device to dispose of medical waste
NAGOYA, Japan - A man looks at a plasma-based device to dispose of dangerous medical waste which Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled March 29. The utility will install the device at a Nagoya hospital and test it for one year from April. Data gathered will allow the firm to decide whether to manufacture the device commercially. The device measuring 3.1 by 6.3 by 6.8 meters, dispose of 100 kilograms of medical waste such as needle-tipped syringes and plastic intravenous drip bags in eight hours, producing one-50th the amount of dioxin allowed by new government regulations to take effect from December 2002
- Product Code
- ILEA000007909
- Registered date
- 2001/3/29 00:00:00
- Credit
- Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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- 1185 × 1801 pixel
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- 72 dpi
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- 177.79(KB)*
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