TY - GEN
T1 - Using gamification combined with indoor location to improve nurses' hand hygiene compliance in an ICU ward
AU - Lapão, Luís Velez
AU - Marques, Ana Rita
AU - Gregório, João
AU - Pinheiro, Fernando
AU - Póvoa, Pedro
AU - Mira da Silva, Miguel
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Design science research
KW - Gamification
KW - Healthcare acquired infections
KW - Indoor location
KW - Internet of things
KW - Nursing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84969548847&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-633-0-3
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-633-0-3
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84969548847
VL - 221
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 3
EP - 7
BT - Transforming Healthcare with the Internet of Things - Proceedings of the EFMI Special Topic Conference 2016
PB - IOS Press
T2 - EFMI Special Topic Conference, STC 2016
Y2 - 17 April 2016 through 19 April 2016
ER -