More info on medical TK-41 used in Australia

[NewVista]

So Australian Hospitals had color in the 60's but not the general population. Thanks to the conservative curmugeons in the Menzies' Government.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gordon_Menzies

[dtuomi]

I wonder if they had a special procedure for getting that gear all scrubbed down before it went into the operating room.

David

[Steve D.]

Sure looks like an RCA TK-40/41 color camera with a modified viewfinder.

-Steve D.

[cbenham]

Originally Posted by dtuomi

I wonder if they had a special procedure for getting that gear all scrubbed down before it went into the operating room. David

I did industrial color television for medical drug manufacturers in the mid 1970s.
To take the camera and VTR on a rolling cart into the sterile core area required
washing the outside of all equipment surfaces down with a strong disinfectant, then the cart and the equipment went therough a 10 hour sterilization process using ethylene oxide gas. See the section on ethylene oxide gas sterilization here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterili..._(microbiology) Cliff