{"id":3539,"date":"2021-08-04T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/plinodetekcija-u-borbi-protiv-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2021-09-29T15:04:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:04:12","slug":"gas-detection-technology-boosts-fight-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/en\/gas-detection-technology-boosts-fight-against-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas detection technology boosts fight against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gas detection can play a major role in the deployment of\u202fthe\u202fPfizer-Biontech vaccine. This vaccine\u202frequires storage and transportation at -70\u00b0C in sealed containers\u202fdue to its mRNA (Messenger RNA) molecule technology.\u202fSuch a\u202flow\u202ftemperature\u202fis\u202fmaintained using dry ice.<\/p>\n<p>Dry ice is solid, frozen\u202fcarbon dioxide\u202f(CO2).\u202fHowever, at temperatures above\u202f-78\u00b0C, CO2\u202fsublimates, which is when it becomes gaseous and potentially dangerous.\u202fCO2\u202fcan\u202fact as an asphyxiant and a toxicant\u202fas it is\u202fheavier than air and\u202ftends to take the place of oxygen, leading to a risk of anoxia. These dangers can present issues for factory, logistics and healthcare workers unfamiliar with handling and manipulating dry ice.\u202fClearly, there is a global need for vaccine urgency, but this should not be at the expense of worker health and safety.<\/p>\n<p>CO2\u202fdetection\u202fsolutions\u202fare\u202fdeployable at\u202fall\u202fstages of the deep-freeze delivery chain.\u202fThe\u202fPfizer-Biontech vaccine makes use of a\u202fspecially developed\u202ftransport box\u202fthat contains\u202fdry ice and\u202fis fitted\u202fwith GPS trackers. Each reusable box can keep up to 5000 doses of vaccine at the right temperature for 10 days, if it remains unopened.\u202fIn addition, destination countries can choose to store the vaccine in a freezer farm for up to six months at -70\u00b0C.\u202fFor manufacturing sites, logistics centres, transport hubs and healthcare facilities, effective\u202fCO2\u202fdetection\u202fcan provide\u202fhigh\u202flevels of site and personnel protection.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Gas detection can play a major role in the deployment of\u202fthe\u202fPfizer-Biontech vaccine. This vaccine\u202frequires storage and transportation at -70\u00b0C in sealed containers\u202fdue to its mRNA (Messenger RNA) molecule technology.\u202fSuch a\u202flow\u202ftemperature\u202fis\u202fmaintained using dry ice. Dry ice is solid, frozen\u202fcarbon dioxide\u202f(CO2).\u202fHowever, at temperatures above\u202f-78\u00b0C, CO2\u202fsublimates, which is when it becomes gaseous and potentially dangerous.\u202fCO2\u202fcan\u202fact as an asphyxiant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/plinodetekcija-u-borbi-protiv-covid-19-900x445.jpg",900,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/plinodetekcija-u-borbi-protiv-covid-19-463x348.jpg",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/plinodetekcija-u-borbi-protiv-covid-19-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"full":["https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/plinodetekcija-u-borbi-protiv-covid-19.jpg",900,676,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cirrus-centar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}