Author(s) Name:
Sahil A. Jain1, Sakshi V. Kuwatada,2 Prajakta S. Maid,3 Pratiksha S. Bhandari,4 Rekha P. Labade5
1-4Electronics and Telecommunication Department of Amrutvahini COE, Sangamner, District: Ahmednagar, MS, India (Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune).
5Electronics and Telecommunication Department of Amrutvahini COE, Sangamner, District: Ahmednagar, MS, India (Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune).
Abstract:
With over 7 million people infected globally and over 5 lakh deaths reported worldwide by COVID-19 virus, World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it as an epidemic. There is no respite in view as of now because the numbers still increase exponentially with each passing day. The only possible thing to control the virus is that the availability of vaccine, which can take a couple of months to be acquired by masses. Till then, the worldwide economy has got to start reopening slowly with several precautionary measures in situ as advised by the WHO, like mandatory wearing of masks in public places, frequent hand washing, practicing good personal hygiene, and social distancing. Recently, the Govt of India (GOI) has also opened its economy with all the precautionary measures in situ. Disinfecting of places of labor, modes of transport, hospitals, and customary areas is emerging as a mammoth challenge. With the target of arresting the spread of COVID-19 virus and providing an efficient solution to the above problem, a transportable disinfectant device is meant. The novelty of this device lies in its innovative design that provide UV light-based disinfection methodologies. For this, the device uses UV-C radiations to increase the virus kill efficiency.[7]
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) can be caused by microorganisms present in common practice instruments generating major health problems in the hospital environment. These instruments can be disinfected with the help of some chemicals or UV-C light. As, using those liquids for disinfection; some of their strain on the instrument may cause any harm to the patient. UV-C light can disinfect objects without living any strain on the objects. UV C light is very good disinfectant against much type of bacteria and viruses.[5] Here is presented an object disinfection device based on Ultraviolet-C radiation. It offers the capacity to be remotely disinfect objects using an Android mobile device and it has a door status detection security system that turns off the system when door is open. The system here described is definitely scalable to get higher ultraviolet dosages adding more UV-C lamps. The experimental tests showed the very high effectiveness of this device to eliminate high bacterial inoculate.[6][5] The sanitizing method employed by this device affects a really wide selection of microorganisms and it’s several advantages reference to chemical based sanitizing methods. The total cost to make this open-source device is very less and it is easily customizable which is different respect to proprietary commercial devices actually available. This device represents an open source, secure, fast and automated equipment for object disinfecting. The device does not require continuous monitoring. Comparing to already existing techniques this machine is improved to about more than 90% and has very negligible hazards. The UV C light can kill wide range of bacteria and viruses and hence can be used in hospitals to sanitize operating tools. The UV C light can kill bacteria and viruses in air as well.[3]
Index Terms— Arduino UNO, HC-05 Bluetooth Module, Relay, UV-C Light Source
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Please cite this article as Sahil A. Jain, Sakshi V. Kuwatad, Prajakta S. Maid, Pratiksha S. Bhandari, Rekha P. Labade, (2021) Portable Sanitizing Machine . International Journal of Recent Research and Applied Studies, 8- 6(5), 21-26
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