Use of medical robotics in biothreat situations.
SARS, Avian Flu and other infectious and potentially highly transmissible diseases are threats to the entire healthcare workforce. Complete bio-isolation or the use of biohazard suits are not practical solutions for routine day-to-day patient-doctor interactions with highly infectious patients. The authors share their initial research experiences with utilizing medical robots for teleconferencing and other clinical activities to overcome these hurdles.
Kartoun
Uri
U
Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Feied
Craig
C
Gillam
Michael
M
Handler
Jonathan
J
Stern
Helman
H
Smith
Mark
M
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012371:Robotics; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000635:transmission