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 original | Inglês |
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Título da publicação do anfitrião | Transforming Healthcare with the Internet of Things - Proceedings of the EFMI Special Topic Conference 2016 |
Editores | Christian Lovis, Frederic Ehrler, Mira Hercigonja-Szekeres, Floor Sieverink, Adrien Ugon, Jacob Hofdijk, Brigitte Seroussi |
Editora | IOS Press |
Páginas | 3-7 |
Número de páginas | 5 |
ISBN (eletrónico) | 9781614996323 |
DOIs | |
Estado da publicação | Publicadas - 2016 |
Publicado externamente | Sim |
Evento | EFMI Special Topic Conference, STC 2016 - Paris Duração: 17 abr. 2016 → 19 abr. 2016 |
Série de publicação
Nome | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
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Volume | 221 |
ISSN (impresso) | 0926-9630 |
ISSN (eletrónico) | 1879-8365 |
Conferência
Conferência | EFMI Special Topic Conference, STC 2016 |
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País/Território | France |
Cidade | Paris |
Período | 17/04/16 → 19/04/16 |
Nota bibliográfica
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 The authors and IOS Press.