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Abstract：
The Corona VIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is one of the significant medical disaster that changed the life of humankind in the 21st century. The deadly virus is transmittable from infected person, through his nasal droplets, to surrounding people among whom, the healthcare personnel are the utmost affected. The present article brings out an innovative chamber, which is used for collection of throat, or nasal swabs/samples for diagnosis of COVID-19 suspected persons. The chamber, called COVid SAmple Collection Kiosk (COVSACK), eliminates the transmission of the deadly virus to the health care personnel while collecting the sample. The kiosk is designed based on CFD simulations for effective spread of disinfectant in fine droplet form, built with a lightweight composite that is sustainable in extreme weather conditions and the kiosk can be easily sanitized within 3 min after sample collection. The chamber is first positioned in ESI Hospital, Hyderabad, and other hospitals and diagnostics centres across India, extensively being used for testing the COVID-19 patients at a faster rate, with a drastic reduction in use of personal protection equipment (PPE). This technological innovation, to certain extent, has changed the way the testing of COVID-19 patients carried out in the country.
摘要：
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是21世纪改变人类生活的重大医学灾难之一。致命的病毒可以从感染者身上传播，通过他的鼻滴，对周围的人来说，医护人员受到的影响最大。本文提出了一个创新的房间，用于收集喉咙，或用于诊断COVID-19疑似病例的鼻拭子/样本。房间，称为COVIDSAmple收集亭（COVSACK），在收集样本的同时，消除了致命病毒向医护人员的传播。该信息亭是基于CFD模拟设计的，用于有效传播细液滴形式的消毒剂，用轻质复合材料建造，在极端天气条件下可持续，亭可以在样品收集后3分钟内轻松消毒。该室最初位于ESI医院，海得拉巴,以及印度各地的其他医院和诊断中心，以更快的速度广泛用于检测COVID-19患者，个人防护设备（PPE）的使用急剧减少。这项技术创新,在某种程度上,改变了在该国对COVID-19患者进行检测的方式。
