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COVSACK: an innovative portable isolated and safe COVID-19 sample collection
kiosk with automatic disinfection
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Joshi JR
Trans Indian Natl Acad Eng
2020[]; 5
(2
): 269-275
PMID38624390
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The Corona VIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is one of the significant medical
disaster that changed the life of humankind in the 21st century. The deadly virus
is transmittable from infected person, through his nasal droplets, to surrounding
people among whom, the healthcare personnel are the utmost affected. The present
article brings out an innovative chamber, which is used for collection of throat,
or nasal swabs/samples for diagnosis of COVID-19 suspected persons. The chamber,
called COVid SAmple Collection Kiosk (COVSACK), eliminates the transmission of
the deadly virus to the health care personnel while collecting the sample. The
kiosk is designed based on CFD simulations for effective spread of disinfectant
in fine droplet form, built with a lightweight composite that is sustainable in
extreme weather conditions and the kiosk can be easily sanitized within 3 min
after sample collection. The chamber is first positioned in ESI Hospital,
Hyderabad, and other hospitals and diagnostics centres across India, extensively
being used for testing the COVID-19 patients at a faster rate, with a drastic
reduction in use of personal protection equipment (PPE). This technological
innovation, to certain extent, has changed the way the testing of COVID-19
patients carried out in the country.
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