Family designs disinfection unit for health workers

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Concern over the safety of loved ones who may be exposed to COVID-19 have inspired a family of doctors and entrepreneurs to design and produce a modified disinfection unit. | KatyYam

“We [also] consulted with … doctor-friends [and doctors] and dentists in the family about how we could help them with our existing technology,” Tripon said in an email.From sister-in-law Dr. Edhel Tripon, they learned that doffing—that is, a medical worker’s removing his or her PPE—is an excruciating 31-step sequence that puts doctors and other health workers at risk the most.

“These areas are not adequately equipped and sometimes there is even lack of safety officers,” he said. “We had to work with what we had on hand. At one point, we were even asking donations for broken [equipment] to get the usable parts. Broken desktop and laptop computers have lots of recyclable parts,” Tripon said.

“When a health worker in full PPE steps in, the misting is activated … [it] sprays for 20 seconds and stops when the person exits. It automatically disinfects the unit before the next person enters. It is an alcohol bath chamber,” he said. “Alcohol as a disinfectant is cheap and readily available. It is already certified [by the Food and Drug Administration] as long as you are buying the branded ones and there is no more need for mixing or diluting so there is less risk of measurement mistakes,” he said.

“We were told the visiting doctors from Wuhan were impressed with the innovation, and that it was something they did not think of doing,” he later told the Inquirer in an e-mail.

 

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