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Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

The University of Akron

Theses/Dissertations

2022

COVID-19

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Uv-Incorporated Sanitation Lining For Disinfection Of Carpentry Tools In Grade Schools, Nicole Dembiczak, Alex Paxitzis, Quinn Piorkowski, Ivana Shah Jan 2022

Uv-Incorporated Sanitation Lining For Disinfection Of Carpentry Tools In Grade Schools, Nicole Dembiczak, Alex Paxitzis, Quinn Piorkowski, Ivana Shah

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project will focus on the issues caused by a pandemic, particularly, sanitation issues and difficulties in a public area. After a considerable amount of research, it became evident that current sanitation methods are time inefficient, not always effective and wasteful. There are numerous misconceptions on how these methods work and skepticism of the products themselves. The pandemic caused by COVID-19 is an extremely relevant issue that has affected schools, hospitals and other high traffic areas. This project will focus on K-12 grade schools that struggle with quick, easy and effective cleaning methods in between and after class. We aim …