Using gamification combined with indoor location to improve nurses' hand hygiene compliance in an ICU ward

Luís Velez Lapão, Rita Marques, João Gregório, Fernando Pinheiro, Pedro Póvoa, Miguel Mira Da Silva

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Resumo

Healthcare acquired infections are among the biggest unsolved problems in healthcare, implying an increasing number of deaths, extradays of hospital stay and hospital costs. Performing hand hygiene is a simple and inexpensive prevention measure, but healthcare workers compliance with it is still far from optimal. Recognized hurdles are lack of time, forgetfulness, wrong technique and lack of motivation. This study aims at exploring gamification to promote nurses' HH compliance self-awareness and action. Real-time data collected from an indoor location system will provide feedback information to a group of nurses working in an ICU ward. In this paper both the research's motivation and methods is presented, along with the first round of results and its discussion.

Idioma originalInglês
Título da publicação do anfitriãoTransforming Healthcare with the Internet of Things - Proceedings of the EFMI Special Topic Conference 2016
EditoresChristian Lovis, Frederic Ehrler, Mira Hercigonja-Szekeres, Floor Sieverink, Adrien Ugon, Jacob Hofdijk, Brigitte Seroussi
EditoraIOS Press
Páginas3-7
Número de páginas5
ISBN (eletrónico)9781614996323
DOIs
Estado da publicaçãoPublicadas - 2016
Publicado externamenteSim
EventoEFMI Special Topic Conference, STC 2016 - Paris
Duração: 17 abr. 201619 abr. 2016

Série de publicação

NomeStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume221
ISSN (impresso)0926-9630
ISSN (eletrónico)1879-8365

Conferência

ConferênciaEFMI Special Topic Conference, STC 2016
País/TerritórioFrance
CidadeParis
Período17/04/1619/04/16

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