SUPER BUG ELECTRONIC NOSE HEART OF ENGLAND HOSPITAL BRITAIN
May 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE
IDENTIFYING people contaminated with superbugs could soon be done mechanically with an electronic nose allowing laboratory and health service staff to quickly contain and attack deadly bacteria.
The e-nose is a polymer-based device with software that can correctly detect three strains of staphylococcus aureus bacteria, including the notorious MRSA, (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus), with more than 99% accuracy.
Created by surgeon David Morgan and engineer Dr Ritaban Dutta the e-nose is a polymer-based device that can be placed on a ...
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