VOA标准英语2014--给埃博拉护理者提供更好防护服
时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2014年(十一月)
Better Protective Suit Sought for Ebola Caregivers 给埃博拉护理者提供更好防护服
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND—
A team from a university in Maryland is working to improve protective equipment for health professionals battling the Ebola epidemic 1 — 329 of whom have died of the disease to date, according to the World Health Organization.
The Ebola virus is transmitted through contact with an infected person's bodily fluids. To protect themselves, doctors and nurses must wear special suits that isolate 2 them from the virus.
But in some cases, said Rich Lamporte, vice 3 president of the global health organization Jhpiego, the suit is part of the problem.
“We found it to be of much higher risk than they need to be, primarily because of the process of taking it off puts the health care workers at risk,” he said.
Lamporte said safe removal of the current suit requires about 20 steps, which creates opportunity for error. And West Africa's hot, humid climate makes it uncomfortable for health workers to spend more than 40 minutes inside the airtight suit.
Safety, comfort
So the call went out from Jhpiego and Johns Hopkins University for a better, safer, more comfortable design. More than 70 people took part in the Ebola Design Challenge — students, health professionals, even a wedding gown designer.
"The wedding gown and the Ebola suit have a lot more in common than one would think," said Jill Andrews, the wedding gown expert. "They both are multilayered garments that require a lot of diligence to remove. Being a person that is a pattern maker 4 and also knowing how garments are made and constructed, I knew that I can contribute."
That's the idea behind the challenge, said Youseph Yazdi, executive director of The Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design in Baltimore.
“To solve the problem, you need all different perspectives at the table," he said. "If we just address it from an engineering or technical perspective, the design will be a failure.”
The Hopkins team entered a design based on ideas in a separate Ebola suit competition sponsored by the U.S. government. It was recently chosen as a semifinalist. One of the team's improvements was to the headset, which currently requires goggles 5 and two surgical 6 masks.
Tim Campbell, a Hopkins researcher, said the team "wanted to minimize the amount of face touching that went on in the removal or doffing 8 process. So we switched to this version with a head covering system. We installed the vents 9 in the side of the mask.”
Hopkins bioengineering student Erin Reisfeld said she was excited to be on the volunteer team.
“Our program has a global health aspect, too, already," she said. "So a lot of us are very passionate 10 about helping 11 out the developing world.”
The Hopkins team's goal is ambitious: to create a new, low-cost Ebola suit in a matter of months, not years.
- That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
- The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
- Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
- We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- He is a trouble maker,You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼,你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
- Skiers wear goggles to protect their eyes from the sun.滑雪者都戴上护目镜使眼睛不受阳光伤害。
- My swimming goggles keep steaming up so I can't see.我的护目镜一直有水雾,所以我看不见。
- He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
- All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前,必须消毒。
- The sige of the package in use determines the frequency of doffing. 所用卷装的尺寸决定了落纱的次数。 来自辞典例句
- Obstruction in the movement of Aprons during doffing in modern cards. 新型梳棉机在落卷时皮板输送带(或皮圈,围裙)运行受阻。 来自互联网
- He always vents his anger on the dog. 他总是拿狗出气。
- The Dandelion Patch is the least developed of the four active vents. “蒲公英区”在这四个活裂口中是发育最差的一个。
- He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
- He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。