Google, Technology Volunteers Devt Ebola Proof Tablet Device

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Google Ebola Tablet Device

From Benjamin a ameh, Lagos with agency report

Google team up with some technology volunteers’ forces in developing a tablet device to help doctors and Health workers to track Ebola patient’s progress – comparing pulse, temperature and other results over time.

The report disclosed that the device has been designed to withstand being doused in chlorine, can be used when wearing gloves, in storms and even in high humidity.

According to BBC, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) put out a call for an Ebola-proof tablet to help team’s record vital patient information.

The innovation came into play at the height of the current outbreak when doctors began shouting patient notes across fences to avoid contamination.

“Even a single piece of paper leaving a high-risk zone poses a risk of passing on the infection, and health workers caring for these patients have to be encased in full protective suits with goggles and multiple layers of gloves, despite the soaring temperatures.

But dictating notes across a fence at the end of exhausting shifts while wearing masks was a “recipe for error”, MSF said.

The reports also, revealed that the tablet has waterproof casing at an “industrial level” and can be dunked in 0.5% chlorine solution which kills Ebola, and also, the sharp edges of the tablet were removed so that protective clothing would not be pierced.

The table can be charged quickly and wirelessly by being placed on a table, it connects wirelessly to a tiny local network server that is roughly the size of a postage stamp.

Technology advisor, MSF, Ivan Gayton noted that” Although we have just treated the largest cohort of Ebola patients in human history, we still know distressingly little about the progression of the disease.

In the longer term if we are able to collect more and better information about our patients, we will also learn more about the disease and how best to treat it.

The charity hopes the technology – which is open-source – will be adapted for use in other.”

“But they face a lot of challenges such as unreliable electricity. This one addresses all the challenges at once.

And it will not just be useful for single patient encounters but for research on the virus too.” He concluded

“I think this kind of partnership represents the future of how non-governmental organisations are going to integrate technology into the work they do”, Product Manager, Google, Ganesh Shankar noted.


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