Validation of Developed Hazmat Suit as Personal Protective Equipment for Medical Workers

DOI

10.2991/aer.k.211215.014How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Covid-19; PPE; hazmat suit; validation

Abstract

In regard to the existing COVID-19 pandemic, adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) is required, one of which is a hazmat suit. This study aimed to produce a validated hazmat suit for medical personnel. This research and development (R&D) used Thiagarajan’s theory consisting of four stages along with the needs analysis. The design stage included designing the initial design of the hazmat suit. The development stage covered design implementation and expert validation. The dissemination stage comprised dissemination through the socialization of the use of PPE for volunteers of Kampung Wani Jogo Suroboyo to deal with covid-19 at Lidah Kulon sub-district, Lakarsantri, Surabaya. The results showed that the present study produced four prototypes of hazmat suits named hazmat prototype 1, hazmat prototype 2, hazmat prototype 3, and hazmat prototype 4 along with the used materials, colors, details, sizes, and cloth cares. Kappa’s inter-rater reliability index has resulted at 1.0 in an excellent agreement category. This meant that the products assessed for their design, materials, sewing technique, size, usability, comfort, safety, appearance/look, and color combinations had met the requirements as fashionable PPE.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tri Rijanto
AU  - Joko
AU  - Irma Russanti
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/16
TI  - Validation of Developed Hazmat Suit as Personal Protective Equipment for Medical Workers
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Science and Engineering 2021 (IJCSE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 71
EP  - 76
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aer.k.211215.014
DO  - 10.2991/aer.k.211215.014
ID  - Rijanto2021
ER  -