Automated temperature measurement and sanitization totem construction for the municipal schools of Naviraí

Abstract

The world is currently facing a pandemic caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) with a significant impact in Brazil as well. The document "Manual on Biosafety for School Reopening in the Context of COVID-19" was released on July 24, 2020, by the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnic School of Health (EPSJV/Fiocruz), providing suggestions for norms and guidelines for the resumption of classes. Among the suggested measures are: the allocation of isolation areas for suspected cases of COVID-19; installation of dispensers with 70% alcohol gel and temperature screening at entrances, circulation areas, and classrooms. Therefore, it is important to produce 70% alcohol gel dispensers and body temperature monitors. The opportunity at hand is to propose an action that simultaneously: 1. Raises awareness among students in the municipal schools of Naviraí city about the issues surrounding COVID-19, as well as its main preventive measures. 2. Empowers these students with some tools from the MAKER culture, such as Arduino, 3D modeling and printing, and programming. 3. With the objective of providing workshops for the production of Totem dispensers with integrated body temperature readers, targeting young people in the municipal education network.