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VIDEO: The MCM ward (450 m2 or 15m X 30m) accommodates four negative pressure bed rooms, nurse station, locker room, and treatment room. view more
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A team from KAIST has developed a low-cost and ready-for-rapid-production negative pressure room called a Mobile Clinic Module (MCM). The MCM is expandable, moveable, and easy to store through a combination of negative pressure frames, air tents, and multi-function panels.
The MCM expects to quickly meet the high demand for negative pressure beds in the nation and eventually many other countries where the third wave of COVID-19 is raging. The module is now ready to be rolled out after a three-week test period at the Korea Cancer Center Hospital.
KAIST develops low-cost and ready-for-rapid-production negative pressure room
A team from KAIST has developed a low-cost and ready-for-rapid-production negative pressure room called a Mobile Clinic Module (MCM). The MCM is expandable, moveable, and easy to store through a combination of negative pressure frames, air tents, and multi-function panels.
The MCM expects to quickly meet the high demand for negative pressure beds in the nation and eventually many other countries where the third wave of COVID-19 is raging. The module is now ready to be rolled out after a three-week test period at the Korea Cancer Center Hospital.
Professor Tek-Jin Nam s team swung into action, rapidly working together with researchers, engineers with expertise in mechanical design, and a team of clinical doctors to complete the MCM as one of KAIST s New Deal R&D initiatives launched last July.
KAIST Mobile Clinic Module to Fill Negative Pressure Ward Shortage
Efficient versatile ready-for-rapid building system of negative pressure room MCM will serve as both a triage unit and bridge center in emergency medical situations
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DAEJEON, South Korea, Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A team from KAIST has developed a low-cost and ready-for-rapid-production negative pressure room called a Mobile Clinic Module (MCM).
The MCM is expandable, moveable, and easy to store through a combination of negative pressure frames, air tents, and multi-function panels.
The view of ready-for-rapid-production negative pressure room called a Mobile Clinic Module (MCM) developed by KAIST. The MCM expects to quickly meet the high demand for negative pressure beds in the nation where the third wave of COVID-19 is raging. (Photo credit by KAIST)
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