Coronavirus risk calculator

An online coronavirus risk level calculator and an advisor for protecting workers from COVID-19. It identifies risks, estimates if measures taken are effective,and helps to reduce these to a minimum.

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Inspiration

This system is intended for organizations and companies to manage their virus related risks. Although in all EU and other European countries strict virus prevention measures have been implemented, still people are getting infected. This raises an alarm, as if and when the restrictions can be lifted, can companies resume normal business activities. Given the highly infectious nature of COVID-19, there is a risk of increased infections rate, once companies resume their activities. Therefore, occupational safety measures need to be boosted and implemented with strict control for enabling companies to operate. Avoiding the 2nd wave of virus outbreak is only possible when in work environment high level of hygiene is followed and such is likely to be required by the governments. The aim of this team is to provide a tool to aid companies fulfill these obligations.

What it does

The app collects data of risk factors and calculates the risk level. The society can resume its normal functioning and economic activities, when we learn to upkeep a new level of safety. In this solution we focus on the occupational safety and keeping the work environment virus infection risk free. We could achieve this by calculated combination and skillful implementation of virus prevention measures. We present this solution as an online risk assessment system – coronavirus risk calculator. The online risk assessment is based on the following 4 major domains. We identify and quantify these domains during this hackathon. We do this by literature research of relevant scientific literature but also other documented reports from doctors, experts and labs. (I) First, we list the scenarios and ways human being can become exposed to COVID-19. We also take into account the virus viability both airborne and on surfaces, including the half-life. A scientific literature review was conducted which tell us how the virus is contracted and inactivated. (II) Secondly, we list the tools and methods, that are found to be effective against COVID-19, we base this list on the recent scientific body of evidence, made available during past months. Environmental factors for even minor activities need to be taken into account to calculate the resultant risk level. (III) Thirdly, based on these tools we provide activity-based instructions, when and what virus preventions methods to use. For example, we depict minimal infection risk scenarios for office worker. Typical office worker activities are deconstructed into activities which we call blocks. Each block is characterized by a risk level and exposure time. (IV) Fourthly, we estimate the reduction of risk for a worker by assigning numerical factors to the above-mentioned methods and activities.

How I built it

As a final product - an online risk assessment calculator is planned, where companies can enter the data based on each workstation or profession, outputting an estimated risk level. The tool provides additional recommendations for the employer for reducing the risks further. This tool uses logical algorithms: “IF”, “AND”, “OR” sentences to match the organization’s coronavirus related conditions to the corresponding identifiers within predefined risk matrix table. This is matched with prevention interventions undertaken by the employer. Each of the mentioned factors is attributed with a risk level which is a numerical value derived based on the scientific literature. Our program simulates the analytical process of a professional risk analysist, with extensive professional expertise.

Challenges I ran into

Coding

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

First almost available risk calculator for coronavirus

What I learned

Risk matrix formulas.

What's next for the Project

We would need funding for the next steps, as follows.

  1. Currently the beta version is done for universities. Extra work is needed for enlarging the risk matrix to facilitate all types of organizations and businesses.
  2. Next, we need to do software development for market ready platform.
  3. Communicating this tool to organizations all over the Europe.

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