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SafeClean Prototype for Sterilizing Personal Protective Equipment

SafeClean Prototype for Sterilizing Personal Protective Equipment

Ilma Rodrigues de Souza Fausto, Maicon Gonzaga da Silva, Fabiana Rodrigues Leta, Sérgio Crespo Coelho da Silva Pinto, Ruth Maria Mariani Braz
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781668451854|ISBN10: 1668451859|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668451861|EISBN13: 9781668451878
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5185-4.ch013
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Fausto, Ilma Rodrigues de Souza, et al. "SafeClean Prototype for Sterilizing Personal Protective Equipment." Cases on Lean Thinking Applications in Unconventional Systems, edited by Eduardo Guilherme Satolo and Robisom Damasceno Calado, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 220-231. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5185-4.ch013

APA

Fausto, I. R., Silva, M. G., Leta, F. R., Pinto, S. C., & Braz, R. M. (2023). SafeClean Prototype for Sterilizing Personal Protective Equipment. In E. Satolo & R. Calado (Eds.), Cases on Lean Thinking Applications in Unconventional Systems (pp. 220-231). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5185-4.ch013

Chicago

Fausto, Ilma Rodrigues de Souza, et al. "SafeClean Prototype for Sterilizing Personal Protective Equipment." In Cases on Lean Thinking Applications in Unconventional Systems, edited by Eduardo Guilherme Satolo and Robisom Damasceno Calado, 220-231. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5185-4.ch013

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Abstract

The world is suffering from a new coronavirus-type pathogen, namely COVID-19. Health professionals are obliged to protect themselves with personal protective equipment (PPE); however, we encountered some problems: most of this equipment is not self-cleaning. How do you protect professionals from contaminated personal protective equipment? How do you dispose of used personal protective equipment? For the construction of this equipment, the authors used the methodology of define, measure, analyze, improve, and control (DMAIC). The developed prototype was applied in a primary care sector clinic, where the pre-test (swab sampling procedure) was performed to identify cross-contamination of the environment. The cost of the prototype developed was low in relation to existing market options. The tests carried out allowed the authors to observe its effectiveness in the sterilization of equipment. However, new, more complex tests are still needed to better validate the prototype and to study its economic viability as a product.

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