Global Surgery & Anesthesia
Want to find suitable clinic or hospital to place an efficient wood (biomass)fueled autoclave.
To whom it may concern,
I work for a small nonprofit organization in the U.S. that specializes in the testing and designing of improved cook stoves called the Aprovecho Research Center.
Recently we developed an intentional pairing of a pressure cooker style sterilizer (or autoclave) and one of our Institutional 60 liter biomass cook stoves.
The result is a highly efficient and durable sterilizing system fueled by wood or alternative biomass fuels (briquettes of one sort or another). The entire sterilization cycle takes less than 50 minutes and uses less than 900g of fuel.
My reason for posting this here is to get your help finding the appropriate clinics wherein we may conduct 3 pilot placements.
From what I can gather, sterilization logistics in the field are often achieved with heat or electricity fueled with petroleum products. This would be in areas where solar is too expensive to implement or state provided power is nonexistent and /or intermittent. I also understand sterilization occurs through chemical baths in many areas. Because this stove is so efficient it can operate in fuel poor regions effectively and perhaps be another alternative.
200 of the Aprovecho designed Institutional Stoves have recently been delivered to the World Food Program’s IDP camps in Darfur. This region is extremely fuel poor and briquettes are burned that are 40%dung, 40%ag wastes and 20%paper.
We think this could be a valuable tool for the right hospital or clinic as it could also be used to cook meals for patients.
We would like to find three appropriate locations worldwide; install and train cooks / technicians on the system (it is all very simple) and develop usage protocols in the field.
These would be funded stateside and donated to the clinic.
Please help me find the appropriate clinics that will most benefit from these pilots.
I would also like to hear your opinions on whether this is an important idea to pursue. At this point, we are proceeding as if it is, but we really have no experience in this field. As a tool, we are sure it works (very well), but is there a need for it?
If you contact me personally I will send you photos and lab test, usage protocols, etc.
Contact me here or at or call 011+44+206.660.3326
Our website: http://www.aprovecho.org/lab/index.php
Sincerely,
Jordan Kowalke
The Aprovecho Research Center
http://www.aprovecho.org/lab/index.php
206.660.3326
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