Hand hygiene is critical for preventing infections, yet maintaining compliance remains challenging across healthcare, schools, and communities. Despite strong evidence, lapses occur due to cognitive barriers, understaffing, limited resources, and ant...
BACKGROUND: Various technologies have been developed to improve hand hygiene (HH) compliance in inpatient settings; however, little is known about the feasibility of machine learning technology for this purpose in outpatient clinics.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the hand hygiene process after elementary school students participated in an educational activity using an automated digital technology called Tutor Robot.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Hand hygiene is key to preventing cross-infections in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Monitoring of hand washing activities can effectively increase the compliance of clinicians to hand hygiene. In this paper, we explored the feasibility of recognizin...
Journal of clinical monitoring and computing
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Hand hygiene among anesthesia personnel is important to prevent hospital-acquired infections in operating rooms; however, an efficient monitoring system remains elusive. In this study, we leverage a deep learning approach based on operating room vide...
BACKGROUND: Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) increase morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. Effective hand hygiene (HH) is crucial for prevention, but achieving high compliance remains challenge. This study explores using machine learning t...
Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
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BACKGROUND: Hand hygiene is a critical component of infection prevention in healthcare settings. Innovative strategies are required to enhance hand hygiene practices among patients and healthcare workers (HCWs).