About the Client:
The Client was a major producer of consumer packaged goods. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Client was interested in learning about technologies that enable sanitization compliance and/or visualization for transport, other businesses, and municipalities as well as for consumers looking to protect themselves from contact with air, surfaces, and other individuals in shared indoor spaces.
Challenge:
The Client needed answers to the following questions:
- How can we prove to customers that a space is sanitary?
- For transportation, how do we inform passengers about their commute options without making their choices more complicated and time consuming?
- How do we allow customers to feel protected from germs without having to place a physical barrier between them and others?
Approach:
PreScouter identified and characterized technologies and emerging trends that enable continuous business operation while people are present, provide long-lasting disinfection, and offer a sensorial indicator of disinfection.
To evaluate the landscape of in-scope technologies that could be commercialized within ~3 years, PreScouter characterized the entries according to a set of metrics for product development. For the top techs of interest, PreScouter produced a deeper analysis to provide scientific evidence of efficacy, including proof of pathogens addressed, level of pathogen reduction, and time required to reach that level.
Outcome:
The deliverables were used by the Client to determine if out-of-home disinfection approaches were problems that the company was ready to solve.
Impact of PreScouter’s Work:
As the project ended, the Client was already in communication with companies, startups, and research groups of interest.
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