WHILE the new strain of coronavirus is causing disruptions to the travel industry and broader economy, heightened concerns about germs have resulted in STARR Computer investing in a BioSafety Department.

The technology giant, located at 59 Brickdam, Georgetown, has also introduced its own protocol by demonstrating its UV and touchless disinfectant technologies to help its employees feel safe to work and customers to shop on it premises. President of STARR Computer, Mike Mohan, said everyone entering the store are invited to walk through a disinfectant channel for a 30-second four-step touchless disinfection experience.
This tunnel, he explained, includes an infra-red artificial intelligent wrist reader that alerts if someone has a fever, touchless hand sanitizer, safe sanitizing body mist and shoe sole sanitizer.

“And when retrofitted with our programmable tablet, it can remotely monitor real-time activities. This advanced professional disinfectant channel version can support facial recognition to sound alarm for missing mask as well as conduct body count on human traffic inflow. This application can be further configured to support employee’s time clock system. And, if the market requires, we can retrofit a disinfectant channel for shopping carts and baskets sterilisation for supermarkets. As we bring products to market, we will be able to offer customers multiple sanitisation options as needed,” Mohan explained.

At the BioSafety Department, he said a free demonstration is available. He explained that UV and touchless disinfectant technologies will be effective in hospitals, schools, shopping malls – stores, professional offices, homes – wall mount accessories, hotels, banks and exhibition sites.

Mohan explained that the disinfection tunnel is a special construction with roof and sidewalls, which is equipped with a nozzle system. The stainless-steel nozzle line is connected to an external pumping station, which directs the decontaminator into the individual nozzles. These ensure the dispersion of the sanitizer into many tiny particles, which form a very fine mist that settles on all surfaces such as clothing, shoes or other objects in the tunnel.

As such, he noted that persons are disinfected completely from head to toe. This reliably eliminates any bacteria, viruses or fungi that stick to clothing, shoes, bags or other objects.
Mohan also noted that some machines use fog, mist, vapour or UV (ultraviolet) treatments that are suitable options to help control the spread of coronavirus. The COVID-19 pandemic, he said, triggered the launch of a number of innovative research and development projects aimed at integrating smart technology into a wide range of disinfection processes in the hope of mitigating the spread of the virus.