Vancouver biomedical firm\u0027s invention to reduce hospital virus infections was used by a doctor on KISS and sports celebrities to avoid COVID
showed the use of this “nasal photodisinfection” at Ottawa Hospital reduced the length of patients’ hospital stays, readmissions and antibiotic use.
When the pandemic struck, a Toronto surgeon quietly began using Steriwave to see if it would also kill COVID and prevent patients from contracting the virus. Results of a small medical study, , found the treatment reduced COVID infections and lessened the progression of symptoms in those who had the virus.Among the 344 patients to whom Dr. Jack Kolenda provided the treatment were all four members of KISS, plus many of their support crew after Stanley tested positive in August 2021. The band cancelled several shows but were able to continue with their massive End of the Road World Tour, which includes aThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
The “hero” of the Steriwave story, Cross says, is Kolenda, an ear, nose and throat doctor, who during the pandemic experimented by using the treatment on himself and co-workers in his Toronto surgery centre. His team was vulnerable to COVID because they operated on areas of the body that often contained the virus.Article content
“And then he thought to try it for treating people with COVID instead of just preventing it, and found it worked,” Cross said.
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