Essar Foundation has recently installed a Walk-in Sample Kiosk (WISK) at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai.
The kiosk, inspired by similar models used in South Korea, enables healthcare professional to collect a large number of samples from people who show symptoms of COVID-19. The kiosk proves advantageous as fewer personal protective equipment are used and the sample collection process is faster.
The healthcare staff sitting at the kiosk can now collect the throat swab using gloves attached to the unit, without making any direct contact. The unit is sanitised after every sample collection.