How is the threat to our warfighter being addressed?
In May 2005, a Medical Logistics Integrated Research Team (IRT) Conference sponsored by the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), U.S. Army Medical Research & Material Command (USAMRMC), Ft. Detrick, MD identified management of biological/medical waste in the deployed environment as a key area of need for investigation and improvement. In January 2007, TATRC published STTR Topic Number: A07-T036 (Army), “Innovative Lightweight Energy and Water Efficient Treatment System for Fluid Medical Waste in an Austere Deployed Environment”. The objective – to develop a methodology and design concept for a treatment system that will sterilize and chemically inert fluid medical waste to the environment. In 2007 and 2008, TATRC conducted internal scientific reviews of the Med-San™ Process coupled with an independent review by the American Institute of Biological Sciences which led to sponsorship from the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy to support Med-San™ applied research and develop
