Solar cookers can be used with pressure cookers or similar devices to provide the heat for autoclave of medical instruments.

Articles in the mediaEdit

• Students create Salud del Sol to market solar cookers as autoclaves in Nicaragua - State Department Federal Credit Union Brass Magazine

• June 2009: Harnessing Both Sun and Cell Phone to Close Gaps in Local Health Care - Worldchanging

• October 2003: Solar power cooks medical waste - BBC

See alsoEdit

• July 2006: Solar Steam Sterilizer for Rural Hospitals - Michael Tyroller

• July 2006: Use of the Solar Panel Cooker for Medical Pressure Steam Sterilization - Barbara Kerr

• Salud del Sol

• Naim Janmohamed M.D. is a pediatrician with programs in Kenya, and is a U.N. Rep. for Solar Cookers International. Dr. Janmohamed has been using solar cookers and pressure cookers to sterilize medical instruments for health centres miles away from regular supplies of electricity.

• Barbara Kerr has experience with solar autoclaves

External linksEdit

• A Simple Solar (Sunflower) Autoclave Design - Barbara Kerr