Pesawaran, – As one of the best private universities in Lampung, Universita Teknokrat Indonesia conducts Community Service (PKM), at the Ministry of Religion, Pesawaran Regency. PKM was marked by the handover of automatic hand washing equipment, Monday (3/8/2020).Chairman of the PKM Technocrat University Andi Nurkholis, S.Kom, M.Kom. The PKM activity at the Pesawaran Regency Ministry of Religion took the theme “Implementation of an Automatic Handwashing System to Minimize the Spread of Covid-19. The PKM Teknokrat team consists of seven people, chaired by Andi Nurkholis, with members; S. Samsugi, SKom, M.Eng, Damayanti, SKom, MKom, Debby Alita, SKom, M.Cs, Styawati, SKom, M.Cs, Fajar Dewantoro, ST, M.Ars, and Tri Widodo, a Computer Engineering undergraduate student.Automatic Hand Washing Assistance as a form of concern for the implementation of prevention and handling of the spread of the corona virus disease 2019 (Covid-19), by the community service team (PKM) Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia, one of the best private universities in Lampung Province.The Office of the Ministry of Religion of Pesawaran Regency is a partner in implementing community service activities to implement science and technology in the form of an automatic hand washing system to minimize the spread of COVID-19 in Pesawaran Regency by the PKM Team of the Technocrat University.This assistance was received by the Head of the Hajj and Umrah Organizing Section of the Pesawaran Regency Ministry of Religion, H. Khuzil Afwa Kahuripan, SH., M.H.I., representing the head of the Pesawaran Ministry of Religion Office, H. Farid Wajedi, S.Ag., M.Kom. This hand washing equipment assistance is installed right in front of the Hajj service building as a form of excellent service to pilgrims who want to register for Hajj. Khuzil explained, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Hajj registration at the Hajj and Umrah organizing section of the Pesawaran Regency Ministry of Religion continued to run according to existing SOPs while still prioritizing health protocols.“Prospective pilgrims who come to register for Hajj must follow standard health protocols, namely checking temperature at the office entrance using a thermo gun, wearing masks, and being asked to wash their hands with soap or use hand sanitizer and sit by implementing social distancing,” explained Khuzil.Representing the Head of the Pesawaran Ministry of Religion Office, Khuzil thanked the Indonesian Technocrat University PKM team for providing the opportunity to the Pesawaran Regency Ministry of Religion Office, as a partner for community service programs by providing automatic hand washing equipment assistance.Andi Nurkholis explained that PKM activities are based on the low level of public awareness of cleanliness which is an important factor in preventing/minimizing the spread of Covid-19 which is increasing every day.The system developed is an application in the field of computer science, especially embedded systems, which is the advantage of the Computer Engineering S1 study program at the Technocrat University. The implementation carried out today is a series of PKM activities that have been initialized since mid-July 2020.Within these two weeks, the PKM team carried out system development activities starting with the collection of the required components, which were then assembled into a unitary tool to programming the tools to automate the system. Finally, the tool was implemented in the destination area, namely the Ministry of Religion, Pesawaran Regency.
