3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
With the condition of the COVID -19 pandemic, this portable handwashing station should comply
with the health department’s protocol in order to support it, although at the same time, it needs to
give the impression that is representative of the local environment without losing its main purpose.
To educate the society of the healthy habit of frequent proper handwashing, it is also important to
not only put an educational poster near it to display the diagram of proper handwashing, but to also
put the supporting facility to act it out.
Figure 1. The old portable handwashing station.
The old portable handwashing station prior to this research was placed too far from the main
entrance. Not only that, but the overall shape and design weren’t very representative of the Lengkong
Sub-District office. Moreover, the shape, function, and implemented material did not correspond
to the health protocol, the faucet required physical contact to turn the water on, the soap dispenser
also required physical contact to pump it out, and there also weren’t any hand drying facilities in
sight, making the surrounding ground wet with puddles from a lot of people’s wet hands.
After analyzing the problems found by observing and giving interviews to the users, the new and
improved handwashing station was made with supporting components like the multifunction rack
with two separate water storage inside, one for clean water and the other for used dirty water. The
zinc sink basin is equipped with a sensor-activated faucet, and on the side is a storage space for a
soap dispenser, hand dryer, thermometer, and hand sanitizer dispenser. The design was made with
the user target physics in mind, making it as ergonomic as possible for every age, gender, character,
and everyday activity. Other than the ergonomic design for the users, this portable handwash also
functions as a campaign tool to encourage people to wash their hands. The infographic design is
made to appeal to wondering eyes even from afar. It is made so that even people from 5 meters away
could see the information educating them of how important it is to wash their hands constantly to
prevent the spread of COVID-19. The circulation problem is also fixed by putting the station nearer
to the entrance, making the space for a queue longer so that the visitors have more space to follow
the health protocol and avoid physical touch against each other.
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With the condition of the COVID -19 pandemic, this portable handwashing station should comply
with the health department’s protocol in order to support it, although at the same time, it needs to
give the impression that is representative of the local environment without losing its main purpose.
To educate the society of the healthy habit of frequent proper handwashing, it is also important to
not only put an educational poster near it to display the diagram of proper handwashing, but to also
put the supporting facility to act it out.
Figure 1. The old portable handwashing station.
The old portable handwashing station prior to this research was placed too far from the main
entrance. Not only that, but the overall shape and design weren’t very representative of the Lengkong
Sub-District office. Moreover, the shape, function, and implemented material did not correspond
to the health protocol, the faucet required physical contact to turn the water on, the soap dispenser
also required physical contact to pump it out, and there also weren’t any hand drying facilities in
sight, making the surrounding ground wet with puddles from a lot of people’s wet hands.
After analyzing the problems found by observing and giving interviews to the users, the new and
improved handwashing station was made with supporting components like the multifunction rack
with two separate water storage inside, one for clean water and the other for used dirty water. The
zinc sink basin is equipped with a sensor-activated faucet, and on the side is a storage space for a
soap dispenser, hand dryer, thermometer, and hand sanitizer dispenser. The design was made with
the user target physics in mind, making it as ergonomic as possible for every age, gender, character,
and everyday activity. Other than the ergonomic design for the users, this portable handwash also
functions as a campaign tool to encourage people to wash their hands. The infographic design is
made to appeal to wondering eyes even from afar. It is made so that even people from 5 meters away
could see the information educating them of how important it is to wash their hands constantly to
prevent the spread of COVID-19. The circulation problem is also fixed by putting the station nearer
to the entrance, making the space for a queue longer so that the visitors have more space to follow
the health protocol and avoid physical touch against each other.
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