{"id":811,"date":"2011-06-30T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T06:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/zapping_deadly_bacteria_using_space_technology\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:32:32","slug":"zapping_deadly_bacteria_using_space_technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/pt\/zapping_deadly_bacteria_using_space_technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Eliminar bact\u00e9rias mort\u00edferas com tecnologia espacial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>A investiga\u00e7\u00e3o realizada a bordo da Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Espacial Internacional poder\u00e1 ajudar-nos a proteger os doentes hospitalares contra infe\u00e7\u00f5es. Atrav\u00e9s da utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o de plasma \u2014 um g\u00e1s com carga el\u00e9trica \u2014, os cientistas est\u00e3o a descobrir novas formas de eliminar bact\u00e9rias e v\u00edrus que podem causar infe\u00e7\u00f5es nos hospitais.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nos \u00faltimos anos, os especialistas em sa\u00fade t\u00eam assistido a um grande aumento das superestirpes de bact\u00e9rias capazes de sobreviver aos antibi\u00f3ticos mais potentes de que os m\u00e9dicos disp\u00f5em. Algumas bact\u00e9rias tornaram-se t\u00e3o resistentes que j\u00e1 n\u00e3o conseguimos combat\u00ea-las com medicamentos comuns. Acredita-se que um tipo dessas bact\u00e9rias, denominado MRSA, mate milhares de pessoas todos os anos na Europa.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-natural\" data-width=\"400\" data-credit=\"Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2011\/06\/Wound_treatment_equipment_using_plasma_technology2\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2011\/06\/wound_treatment_equipment_using_plasma_technology2\/17878774-2-eng-GB\/Wound_treatment_equipment_using_plasma_technology.jpg\" alt=\"Wound treatment equipment using plasma technology\"><\/figure>\n<p>Com a ajuda da ESA, a equipa de cientistas est\u00e1 agora a concentrar-se no desenvolvimento de um sistema de desinfe\u00e7\u00e3o das m\u00e3os para hospitais. A tecnologia de plasma frio poder\u00e1, um dia, chegar tamb\u00e9m \u00e0s nossas casas. O plasma poderia ser utilizado para desinficar escovas de dentes e tamb\u00e9m desinficaria fendas e recantos escondidos. O plasma tamb\u00e9m poderia ser utilizado para limpar objetos muito maiores, como sat\u00e9lites e sondas planet\u00e1rias, para que estes n\u00e3o transportem bact\u00e9rias da Terra para outros planetas.<\/p>\n<p>Esta tecnologia poder\u00e1 trazer-nos grandes benef\u00edcios. As bact\u00e9rias est\u00e3o em constante muta\u00e7\u00e3o, tornando-se cada vez mais resistentes aos antibi\u00f3ticos mais utilizados. Atualmente, a melhor forma de prevenir a propaga\u00e7\u00e3o de infe\u00e7\u00f5es bacterianas nos hospitais consiste em lavar regularmente as m\u00e3os entre cada consulta e limpar constantemente o ch\u00e3o, as ma\u00e7anetas, as cortinas dos quartos e qualquer outro objeto que possa conter bact\u00e9rias nocivas. Espera-se que o novo sistema que est\u00e1 a ser desenvolvido utilize as incr\u00edveis propriedades antibacterianas do plasma para tornar a desinfe\u00e7\u00e3o r\u00e1pida e f\u00e1cil.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research done onboard the International Space Station could help us keep hospital patients safe from infections. 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