Brilliant! South Korea COVID-19 testing station.

[bundwallah]

Came across this on reddit.  A doctor in Busan designed this and the S Koreans built it. It saves front line workers a lot of PPE's and if anything enhances their protection.

http://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200402000670

 

[99call]

Sorry am I missing something?  surely if one person getting tested breath on , or the swabs touch the perminent white rubber gloves,  doesn't this mean the gloves have to rigorously alchohol rubbed down every single time?

[bundwallah]

The gla

34 minutes ago, 99call said:

Sorry am I missing something?  surely if one person getting tested breath on , or the swabs touch the perminent white rubber gloves,  doesn't this mean the gloves have to rigorously alchohol rubbed down every single time?

The gloves are cleaned between uses.  

“Disinfecting work took longer with existing testing booths where patients as opposed to health staffers were inside,” she said. “Now, it takes only about five minutes to disinfect the gloves and outer surfaces before the booth is available again for the next patient.”

[99call]

2 minutes ago, bundwallah said:

The gloves are cleaned between uses.  

thought they must, just couldn't see any sanitiser on the side table

[bundwallah]

2 minutes ago, 99call said:

thought they must, just couldn't see any sanitiser on the side table

The article covers that detail I believe.  

[canadianbeaver]

Very nice. Kind of like a vending machine for health. Clever!

CB