Open AccessCOVID-19 Sample Collection Kiosk in AIIMS Rishikesh: A safe and efficient model
Author(s) -
Sheen Job,
Yogesh Bahurupi,
PK Gupta,
Mahendra Singh,
Prasan Kumar Panda,
Pradeep Aggarwal,
Udai Bhasker Mishra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of community health/indian journal of community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2248-9509
pISSN - 0971-7587
DOI - 10.47203/ijch.2021.v33i01.002
Subject(s) - interactive kiosk , biosafety , covid-19 , pandemic , subject (documents) , computer science , medicine , medical emergency , medical physics , library science , disease , world wide web , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
Following the pandemic, screening suspected individuals on a large scale is imperative to curtail the disease's spread to enormous proportions. The walk-in kiosk is an ideal example of an innovation that is time and labour efficient and safe to use. Methodology and review of literature: Embase, Google Scholar, and Pubmed were used to extract scholarly articles about the subject published worldwide. The Walk-in kiosk concept was an idea taken from the biosafety chamber used in the advanced microbiology laboratories. Results: This ergonomic design enables the HCW to perform better without bending forwards or reaching out for the oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal swab. It avoids a great deal of inconvenience for both the HCW and the patient.