Washing temperature and saving money...

[launderess]

If you are at interested in taking things furhter on this matter, read up on what sort of operating rooms many of the new "tourist" hospitals have in India. We're talking about state of the art not just in gowning and masks, but HVAC and the rest as well. Saw a program on it awhile ago and was totally gobsmacked.

Mind you these are totally new hospitals, built to very high standards, but since India has tons of quality but cheap labour, the things cost less, much less than they would in the United States. Indeed these hospital are not built for your average Indian, but the new health care "tourist", mainly from the United States and Europe seeking top drawer care but has little to no insurance, thus paying out of their own pocket.

L.

 

[sudsmaster]

I was thinking along other lines - that is, the ability of modern computing equipment to enable a doctor in one location to control a robotic set of surgical instruments in another location to actually operate on a patient long distance. What interests me is the potential for the robotic device to be completely sterilized, to a higher level than any human surgeon could be sterilized without killing him or her. Not so sure if the long distance surgery bit, though, is ready for prime time. At least not if the stuff runs on Vista ;-).