My name is Adewale Peters, I went to an office and was told by the security to use a liquid soap and wash my hands, seeing that two people before me had touch the soap and tap, I got worried and refused. I gave the guard the option of dispensing the soap on my hand, open and close the tap without me touching anything, he was close to me, no physical distancing.
The said event lead to the creation and innovation of the foot pedal hand wash and sanitizing dispenser system. I researched on it, I saw foot pedal system is existing, I spoke to my fabricating team on creating a new design concept, I drew on a paper and we started creating the first prototype.
I and my team have a strong drive to bring the foot pedal hand wash and sanitizing dispenser system to as many users in Nigeria a possible. Since the idea was birth, all we have done is to make our product better and how to get it to the end users. We want to mass produce to meet up with the high demand and timely.
The global spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) highlights the intensity of global interconnections, and social and economic interdependence between regions.
The pandemic has reinforced the critical need for access to safe and assured water supply for all, as described in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, for preventing rapid transmission of the disease.
World Health Organization, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the Ministry of Health have highlighted several steps including frequent hand washing with soap and water (or alcohol-based hand sanitizer) for individuals and frequent cleaning (sanitizing) of private and public facilities as first line of defense against the transmission of this disease, washing hands frequently can prevent spread of COVID-19 but the hand washing arrangements present at places with large numbers of people are a potential threat for virus transmission.
The WASH foot pedal hand washing and sanitizing machine was created to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus and microorganisms which can easily be deposited on the surface of a regular hand wash/sanitizer when turning off the running tap or sanitizer after usage.
With high rate of COVID-19 infections and deaths, reducing and preventing these infections is a top goal for all facilities throughout the country. To address this issue, a variety of infection control measures must be taken, ranging from engineering controls built into the design of facilities and protocols for hand hygiene and staff immunization to personal protective equipment.
In environments microorganisms are primarily transmitted in three ways: Contact transmission, Droplet transmission, Airborne transmission.
One area where COVID-19 can flourish is the wash, sanitizing facilities and restrooms. Surfaces such as faucets, toilet handles, sinks or dispensers for bathroom tissue, paper towels or soap that are touched frequently may serve as reservoirs of microbial contamination. When hands come into contact with these surfaces, microbial agents can then be transferred to the nose, mouth, eyes or environmental surfaces via indirect contact transmission.
Hands-free dispensing solutions are one way to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. The WASH solutions/innovations has greatly enhanced wash, sanitizing and restroom facilities hygiene by eliminating the need to touch dispensers, faucets and toilet handles during use. These systems can help make the task of using as well as maintaining the restroom easier, more efficient and more cost-effective, while providing improved hygiene and sanitation features.
COVID-19 can stay active on surfaces for as much as nine days, depending on the surface. Limiting the surfaces that get touched is essential to reducing the spread.
We are doing all we can to make doing business and living our lives is safe again from COVID-19 and other disease like it.
During this crisis, water has emerged as a critical resource that can help limit the virus’ spread by enabling individuals to practice personal hygiene. But in Nigeria’s context there are concerns around water availability and supply service gaps which leave households, particularly in vulnerable communities at high risk.
Residents of informal settlements are highly exposed to this virus and an outbreak there can be particularly devastating. The physical nature of these spaces reduces the effectiveness of physical distancing and lack of water hinders efforts to maintain personal hygiene. Furthermore, even a few cases in these settlements can lead to rapid transmission within the area and eventually spread to a wider region.
It is, therefore, critical to focus on mitigation efforts, especially directed at these groups to ensure prevention.
The most urgent response from the water sector is to provide simple and effective mechanisms to provide safe and assured supply of water for all. Various cities in Nigeria have installed hand-washing facilities with hand sanitizers, soap and water in public locations that are not effective. Such installations should be rapidly scaled in Nigeria to reach the most vulnerable users particularly in informal settlements.
We want to support to make this reach all this affect groups.
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