Electronic monitoring systems for hand hygiene: Systematic review of technology

C Wang; W Jiang; K Yang; D Yu; J Newn; Z Sarsenbayeva; J Goncalves; V Kostakos

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Electronic monitoring systems for hand hygiene: Systematic review of technology

C Wang, W Jiang, K Yang, D Yu, J Newn, Z Sarsenbayeva, J Goncalves, V Kostakos

Journal of Medical Internet Research | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.2196/27880

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Abstract

Background: Hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways of preventing health care-associated infections and reducing their transmission. Owing to recent advances in sensing technologies, electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems have been integrated into the daily routines of health care workers to measure their hand hygiene compliance and quality. Objective: This review aims to summarize the latest technologies adopted in electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems and discuss the capabilities and limitations of these systems. Methods: A systematic search of PubMed, ACM Digital Library, and IEEE Xplore Digital Library was performed following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Syst..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was partially funded by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP190102627 and the National Health and Medical Research Council grants 1170937 and 2004316. CW was supported by a PhD scholarship provided by the Australian Commonwealth Government Research Training Program.