Abstract:
With the current rise in cases of COVID-19, temperature monitoring and hand sanitizing
has become tedious at the entrance of the universities, schools and other busy public
institutions. This process is time consuming and requires human resource to ensure
everyone complies with the covid19 guidelines. In addition, there has been a lot of
human to surface contact during hand sanitizing when pressing the sanitizer dispensers’
button or opening hand wash taps. To address the above issues, we designed a
programmable device that will be placed at the main entrance of Kirinyaga University
to check the temperature and sanitize hands of people getting into the university
without human to surface contact. The device deploys an obstacle sensor that is
programmed to detect the presence of hand and in turn trigger the temperature sensor
to check temperature and switch on the pump to dispense sanitizing liquid
concurrently. The device will be fitted with a buzzer that will sound an alarm when it
detects a person with temperatures above 370c. This device is aimed at reducing
congestion at the main entrance of the university since temperature check and sanitizing
is done concurrently. Introduction of this device will also reduce the employees
stationed at the entrance since it can perform their task with ease using solar energy
hence is economical to run. In future the device will be fitted with a data logger system
that will track and store information of the staff or students found with temperatures
above 370c.
