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

SA Vortex有限公司(第一太平戴维斯)是一家专门从事卫生间智能手部卫生技术的英国中小企业，考虑到新冠肺炎让建筑物更安全的威胁，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。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，提供一系列功能。这一新系统将通过提供非接触式技术、通过内置视频屏幕提高可见性/信息传递能力和创新的监控系统来提高工作场所的手卫生(HH)标准。它将能够通过感应用户的工作身份证来检测它的使用时间和用户，在极端情况下，除非每个工人的手都经过消毒，否则他们不能进入大楼。研发阶段将允许Savortex生产和测试具有视频显示器、个性化应用程序和办公室监控系统的全功能物联网洗手液单元，并提供显示建筑物网络消毒器数据的大楼管理物联网门户。没有其他消毒系统部署这样的物联网能力。英国政府建议HH是防止新冠肺炎传播的关键措施。使用消毒剂是一种关键的预防性干预措施。监测消毒器使用的大部分研发都集中在临床环境上(见Galleryzk&Handiyan，2020)，这个项目将填补知识和影响方面的紧迫空白，并提供一个将改善上班族健康和心理健康的解决方案。通过测试至少4个研究环境中的200个单位，包括司法部通过主动建筑中心有限公司的参与，该项目的研究部分旨在了解：a)应该在哪里放置消毒器以实现最佳使用并增强消毒协议；b)监测和访问控制策略的最佳实践，以增加HH和员工的福祉；C)动态图像/信息策略如何影响消毒器的使用。利兹大学和谢菲尔德大学将与建筑物、员工和管理人员接触，从个人和公司层面研究他们对使用这项技术的接受程度。SAVortex还将创建一个大楼经理物联网门户，大楼经理可以使用该门户对他们在提供可实现的最高级别的手部消毒方面的成功程度进行排名。

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.