Virus Testing Booth Window for Glove-Free Swab Sampling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing test booths with window walls require testers to wear thick rubber gloves, making precise sample collection difficult and increasing the risk of cross-contamination and reducing test accuracy.
Innovation Solution
A test booth with an examination window featuring swab entry/exit holes and detachable caps that allow sample collection swabs to be handled with bare hands, preventing contamination and enabling precise manipulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If testers wear thick rubber gloves to prevent contamination, then safety and contamination prevention are improved, but manipulation precision and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The test booth is segmented into two distinct zones: a contaminated zone where the subject is located, and a clean zone where the tester operates. The window wall with sealed openings physically divides these zones, allowing the tester to handle swabs with bare hands in the clean zone while maintaining contamination barriers at the interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The window wall acts as an intermediary barrier between the tester and the subject. The sealed openings in the window wall serve as controlled intermediaries that allow swab passage while preventing contamination transfer, enabling the tester to work with bare hands without direct exposure to contaminants.
2Ease of operation
If testers wear disposable plastic gloves to improve ease of operation, then manipulation ease is improved, but cross-contamination risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The contamination risk is extracted from the tester's workspace by placing it outside the clean zone. The tester handles swabs with bare hands in the clean zone, and the contaminated portions (subject contact areas) are kept outside the window wall, preventing cross-contamination between subjects while maintaining ease of manipulation.
3Reliability
If a window wall is installed to block contaminants, then contamination blocking is improved, but sample collection efficiency deteriorates due to glove requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The test booth segments the workspace into contaminated and clean zones, allowing the tester to work efficiently with bare hands in the clean zone while the window wall maintains contamination blocking. This segmentation eliminates the need for gloves in the tester's operational area, improving sample collection efficiency.
4Reliability
If rubber gloves are used to protect testers, then tester safety is improved, but sample collection precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The test booth segments the environment so that tester safety is ensured by the physical barrier of the window wall rather than by gloves. The tester works in a clean zone with bare hands, achieving both safety and precision simultaneously through spatial segmentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The window wall serves as an intermediary protective barrier that replaces the need for gloves. It provides tester safety while allowing direct hand contact with swabs, thereby maintaining sample collection precision.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a testing booth for virus sample collection having an examination window allowing close-contact insertion of a sample collection tool, and more specifically relates to a testing booth for virus sample collection having an examination window, wherein a tester can collect, from inside the booth, a sample from a test subject who is outside of the booth, the tester can collect the sample from the test subject while manipulating a sample-collecting swab tool from inside the booth, the efficiency of the task of sample collection can be increased due to the sample collection task being carried out by the tester without wearing thick and heavy rubber gloves, and it is possible to prevent contamination and cross infection during the sample collection process. To this end, provided is a testing booth for virus sample collection having an examination window, comprising: a space part which provides a space in which the tester is located, is sealed from the outside, and has a window wall facing the test subject; and an examination window which is provided in the window wall of the space part and corresponds to the face of the test subject, wherein the examination window comprises: a swab inlet/outlet part which is formed so as to pass through opposite sides of the examination window, and has a assageway having a diameter through which a sample-collecting swab tool can go in/come out; and a detachable cap which can be detachably attached to the swab inlet/outlet part at the space part side and has formed therein an opening means for guiding the samplecollecting swab tool from the space part to the passageway of the swab inlet/outlet part, wherein the examination window is characterized by the opening means opening only in one direction going from the space part toward the passageway of the swab inlet/outlet part, or, the examination window is characterized in that if the opening means is not required, a fitting portion, into which the swab can be fitted from the outside of the booth, passes through the examination window, and there is a handle portion which is connected to the swab and which protrudes to the inside of the booth.