SMART SANITISATION: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A SMART HAND SANITISER SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE OFFICE ENVIRONMENT

智能消毒：办公环境中使用的智能洗手液系统的开发和评估

• 批准号: 84154
• 金额: $ 72.7万
• 依托单位: SA VORTEX LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=84154
• 关键词: SMART; SANITISATION; DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION; HAND

SA Vortex Ltd (Savortex), a UK SME specialising in smart hand hygiene technology used in the washroom, is working with the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield to apply its expertise to smart hand sanitisation given the threat from Covid-19 to make buildings safer. This project will develop and deploy an innovative smart IoT hand sanitiser device that connects into the buildings smart operating system to provide a range of functions. This new system will improve the standards of hand hygiene (HH) in workplaces by offering non-touch technology, increased visibility/messaging capabilities via a built-in video screen and an innovative monitoring system. It will be able to detect when it is used and by whom by sensing users work identity cards, and in extremis deny building entry to each worker unless their hands have been sanitised. The R&D phase will allow Savortex to produce and test fully-functioning IoT hand sanitiser units with a video display, personalised app and monitoring system for offices, and provide a building manager IoT portal showing building network sanitiser data. No other hand sanitisation system deploys such IoT capabilities.The UK Government advises that HH is a key measure against the spread of Covid-19\. The use of sanitisers is a critical preventative intervention. The bulk of R&D on monitoring of sanitiser usage has focused on the clinical setting (see Galleryzk & Handiyan, 2020) and this project will fill an urgent gap in terms of knowledge and impact, as well as providing a solution that will improve office workers health and mental wellbeing.By testing 200 units across at least 4 research settings, including the Department of Justice through the involvement of the Active Building Centre Ltd, a UK Govt RTO, the research component of the project aimsto understand:a) where sanitisers should be placed for optimal usage and to enhance sanitisation protocols;b) best practice for monitoring and access control strategies to increase HH and employee wellbeing;c) how motion graphics/message strategies can influence sanitiser use.The Universities of Leeds and Sheffield will engage with buildings employees and managers to research their receptiveness to utilising the technology from both a personal and a corporate level. Savortex will additionally create a building manager IoT portal that can be used by buildings managers to rank their success in delivering the highest levels of hand sanitisation achievable.

SA Vortex Ltd（Savortex）是一家专门从事洗手间智能手部卫生技术的英国中小企业，鉴于新冠肺炎的威胁，该公司正与利兹大学和谢菲尔德大学合作，将其专业知识应用于智能手部消毒，以使建筑物更安全。该项目将开发和部署一种创新的智能物联网洗手液设备，该设备连接到建筑物智能操作系统，以提供一系列功能。这一新系统将通过提供非触摸技术、通过内置视频屏幕和创新的监控系统提高可视性/信息传递能力，从而提高工作场所的手部卫生标准。它将能够通过感应用户的工作身份证来检测何时使用以及由谁使用，并在极端情况下拒绝每个工人进入建筑物，除非他们的手已经消毒。研发阶段将允许Savortex生产和测试功能齐全的物联网洗手液单元，包括视频显示，个性化应用程序和办公室监控系统，并提供显示建筑物网络消毒剂数据的建筑物管理物联网门户网站。没有其他手消毒系统部署这样的物联网功能。英国政府建议，HH是防止COVID-19传播的关键措施。使用消毒剂是一种重要的预防措施。大部分的研究和开发的监测消毒剂的使用集中在临床设置（见Galleryzk & Handiyan，2020），该项目将填补知识和影响方面的紧迫空白，并提供一种改善办公室工作人员健康和心理健康的解决方案。通过在至少4个研究环境中测试200个单位，包括律政司，透过英国政府的一个研究及培训机构Active Building Centre Ltd的参与，该项目的研究部分旨在了解：a）消毒器应放置在何处，以达到最佳使用效果，并加强消毒程序; B）监控和访问控制策略的最佳实践，以提高HH和员工的福利;（c）如何运动图形/信息策略可以影响消毒剂的使用。利兹大学和谢菲尔德大学将与建筑员工和管理人员合作，研究他们对使用从个人和企业层面上的技术。此外，Savortex还将创建一个楼宇管理者物联网门户网站，供楼宇管理者使用，以评估他们在提供最高水平的手部消毒方面的成功程度。