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MERCI volunteers have sewn a variety of goods from unused surgical blue wrap, including tote bags, aprons, backpacks, dog beds, yoga mats and hats.

Trash into Treasure: U.Va.’s MERCI gives new life to unused medical supplies

By Stephanie Melchor | July 13, 2018

The MERCI program at the University Hospital collects and donates clean medical supplies and gently-used lab equipment at no cost to the University and other organizations.

Alemzadeh’s work has focused on integrating human and robot data to make surgical robots more resilient against user-induced errors and less likely to cause harm to human patients.

Efforts to develop smarter, safer surgical robots underway at U.Va.

By Stephanie Melchor | June 5, 2018

Homa Alemzadeh is working with a team of surgeons, engineers and graduate students to make surgical robots smarter and better able to anticipate human user error.

Stephanie Melchor

Trash into Treasure: U.Va.’s MERCI gives new life to unused medical supplies

Efforts to develop smarter, safer surgical robots underway at U.Va.

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