Biosensing Surgical Gloves (IMAGE)

Tufts University

Biosensing Surgical Gloves

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Silk inks doped with bacteria-sensing agents were printed on surgical gloves using inkjet technology. The word "contaminated" changed from blue to red after exposure to E. coli.

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Omenetto Laboratory/Tufts University

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