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Feasibility Study of Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory Concept (EMLAB)

Medical service accessibility has always been a concerning problem among the community of inner Sabah region, in Malaysia and many more places around the world. To make medical diagnostic service more accessible, this paper proposes Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory (EMLAB) as a technological relie...

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Main Authors: Chuah, Siang Yoong, Malehah Mohd Noh, Rajesh Kumar Muniandy, Yeo Kiam Beng @ Abdul Noor, Yoong, Hou Pin
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Language:English
English
Published: The IJASEAT Journal 2021
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TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31777/1/Feasibility%20Study%20of%20Expandable%20Mobile%20BSL-3%20Laboratory%20Concept%20%28EMLAB%29.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31777/2/Feasibility%20Study%20of%20Expandable%20Mobile%20BSL-3%20Laboratory%20Concept%20%28EMLAB%291.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31777/
http://www.iraj.in/journal/journal_file/journal_pdf/6-766-163678594912-18.pdf
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spelling my.ums.eprints.317772022-02-26T07:59:45Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31777/ Feasibility Study of Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory Concept (EMLAB) Chuah, Siang Yoong Malehah Mohd Noh Rajesh Kumar Muniandy Yeo Kiam Beng @ Abdul Noor Yoong, Hou Pin TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Medical service accessibility has always been a concerning problem among the community of inner Sabah region, in Malaysia and many more places around the world. To make medical diagnostic service more accessible, this paper proposes Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory (EMLAB) as a technological relief measure. The objective of this paper is review and evaluate the feasibility of EMLAB in terms of concept practicality and design consideration. EMLAB is a mobile laboratory in a form of an expandable mobile building structure compliant to BSL-3 and ISO Cleanroom standards. The rationale behind the design of EMLAB was the lack of workspace in existing mobile BSL-3 laboratory for optimum workflow and overall laboratory functionality. One of the vital functions of EMLAB is to address the space issue with an expansion mechanism along with a novel bellow shape foldable seal joint to maintain structurally airtight. The proposed virtue model study can achieve almost 3 times expansion of the initial 10-meter squares floor area making it comfortable for laboratory personal to work. With the use of a novel bellow shaped foldable seal joint, the BSL-3 and clean room standard with negative air pressure are highly achievable. A layout with projected equipment for the proposed study shown the expandable mobile BSL-3 laboratory is highly feasible and practical. The IJASEAT Journal 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31777/1/Feasibility%20Study%20of%20Expandable%20Mobile%20BSL-3%20Laboratory%20Concept%20%28EMLAB%29.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31777/2/Feasibility%20Study%20of%20Expandable%20Mobile%20BSL-3%20Laboratory%20Concept%20%28EMLAB%291.pdf Chuah, Siang Yoong and Malehah Mohd Noh and Rajesh Kumar Muniandy and Yeo Kiam Beng @ Abdul Noor and Yoong, Hou Pin (2021) Feasibility Study of Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory Concept (EMLAB). International Journal of Advances in Science Engineering and Technology, 9. pp. 12-19. ISSN 2321-8991 (P-ISSN) , 2321-9009 (E-ISSN) http://www.iraj.in/journal/journal_file/journal_pdf/6-766-163678594912-18.pdf
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language English
English
topic TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Chuah, Siang Yoong
Malehah Mohd Noh
Rajesh Kumar Muniandy
Yeo Kiam Beng @ Abdul Noor
Yoong, Hou Pin
Feasibility Study of Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory Concept (EMLAB)
description Medical service accessibility has always been a concerning problem among the community of inner Sabah region, in Malaysia and many more places around the world. To make medical diagnostic service more accessible, this paper proposes Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory (EMLAB) as a technological relief measure. The objective of this paper is review and evaluate the feasibility of EMLAB in terms of concept practicality and design consideration. EMLAB is a mobile laboratory in a form of an expandable mobile building structure compliant to BSL-3 and ISO Cleanroom standards. The rationale behind the design of EMLAB was the lack of workspace in existing mobile BSL-3 laboratory for optimum workflow and overall laboratory functionality. One of the vital functions of EMLAB is to address the space issue with an expansion mechanism along with a novel bellow shape foldable seal joint to maintain structurally airtight. The proposed virtue model study can achieve almost 3 times expansion of the initial 10-meter squares floor area making it comfortable for laboratory personal to work. With the use of a novel bellow shaped foldable seal joint, the BSL-3 and clean room standard with negative air pressure are highly achievable. A layout with projected equipment for the proposed study shown the expandable mobile BSL-3 laboratory is highly feasible and practical.
format Article
author Chuah, Siang Yoong
Malehah Mohd Noh
Rajesh Kumar Muniandy
Yeo Kiam Beng @ Abdul Noor
Yoong, Hou Pin
author_facet Chuah, Siang Yoong
Malehah Mohd Noh
Rajesh Kumar Muniandy
Yeo Kiam Beng @ Abdul Noor
Yoong, Hou Pin
author_sort Chuah, Siang Yoong
title Feasibility Study of Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory Concept (EMLAB)
title_short Feasibility Study of Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory Concept (EMLAB)
title_full Feasibility Study of Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory Concept (EMLAB)
title_fullStr Feasibility Study of Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory Concept (EMLAB)
title_full_unstemmed Feasibility Study of Expandable Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory Concept (EMLAB)
title_sort feasibility study of expandable mobile bsl-3 laboratory concept (emlab)
publisher The IJASEAT Journal
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31777/1/Feasibility%20Study%20of%20Expandable%20Mobile%20BSL-3%20Laboratory%20Concept%20%28EMLAB%29.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31777/2/Feasibility%20Study%20of%20Expandable%20Mobile%20BSL-3%20Laboratory%20Concept%20%28EMLAB%291.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31777/
http://www.iraj.in/journal/journal_file/journal_pdf/6-766-163678594912-18.pdf
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