Epidemic prevention

What it does

Epidemic prevention is designed for toilets in undeveloped areas where vector breeding is most likely to occur. It is a test strip to kill mosquitos and detect Zika virus, preventing the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.

Your inspiration

Because of global warming, the world is facing the mosquito-borne disease crisis, which gets worse in undeveloped areas with poor living conditions and inadequate pest controls. For example: Zika virus.

How it works

Before going to the toilet, users can throw a test strip into the latrine to test for viral infection by color changes of strip surface in urine, to determine whether he/she is infected, and immediately seek medical treatments. In addition to rapid urine testing and tracking disease outbreak, Epidemic prevention can also release natural insecticide made of neem extracts from strip surface dissolved in urine, to effectively prevent vector breeding, and improve living conditions for refugees. The remaining plant fiber after extraction is used as raw materials for test strip and package, to optimize resource utilization and achieve bio-recycling.

Design process

Tree gum test paper - natural tree gum mixed with test agent. Azadirachtin - Environment-friendly herbal insecticide found in tropical areas for easy access. Azadirachtin scraps - fibrous scarps from making Azadirachtin that can be recycled to make the package.

How it is different

1. Before bathroom: place a piece of test paper next to the toilet. 2. Urine screening: urinate on the tree gum test paper to test possible symptoms. 3. Visual observation for quick screening: Identify the screening result based on color change of the test paper. 4. Release of insecticide: The test paper dissolved by urine releases the insecticide contained to keep mosquitoes away.

Future plans

Epidemic prevention is designed to provide the corresponding rapid test for different diseases to stop global outbreaks.

Awards

Red Dot Award: Design Concept IF DESIGN TALENT AWARD