Positive Pressure Testing Booths Development and Deployment in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak
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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic left an unprecedented impact on the general public health, resulting in hundreds of thousands deaths US alone. Nationwide testing plans were initiated, with drive-through being currently dominant approach, which, however, exhausts personal protective equipment supplies, and is unfriendly to individuals not owning a vehicle. Walk-up positive pressure booths are safe alternative, whereby health care provider situated inside enclosed positively pressurized booth swabs patient outside through chemical resistant gloves. booths, too prohibitively priced market allow for nationwide deployment. To mitigate this, we present this paper safe, accessible, mobile affordable design positive-pressure booths. have successfully passed CDC HICPAC pressure, air exchange, quality requirements rooms, following guidelines environmental infection control facilities. manufactured using primarily off-the-shelf components from vendors minimized customization, final bill materials does surpass USD 3,900. Since August 2019, five deployed used at Johns Hopkins University School Nursing, Baltimore City Health Department, two community centers Baltimore. No was infected when our which shown facilitate walk-up decreased PPE consumption, reduced risk infection, enhanced accessibility lower-income communities non-drivers.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Devices-transactions of The Asme
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1932-619X', '1932-6181']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052515