A Preliminary Study of Hand Hygiene Compliance Characteristics with Machine Learning Methods
نویسندگان
چکیده
Increasing hospital re-admission rates due to Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) are a concern at many healthcare facilities. To prevent the spread of HAIs, caregivers are expected to comply with recommended hand hygiene guidelines, which require reliable and timely hand hygiene compliance measurement systems. The current standard practice of monitoring compliance involves the direct observation of caregivers’ hand cleaning as they enter or exit a patient room by a trained observer, which can be time-consuming, resource-intensive, and subject to bias. To alleviate the heavy manual effort and reduce errors, this paper studies the characteristics of compliance that could be used to assist the direct observation approach by deciding when and where to station manual auditors and to improve compliance by providing just-in-time alerts or potentially recommending training materials to non-compliant staff. The paper analyzes location and handwashing station activation data from a 30-bed intensive care unit (ICU) and uses machine learning to assess if location, time-based factors, or other data can be used to predict handwashing non-compliance events. The results show that a care provider’s entry compliance is highly indicative of the same provider’s exit compliance and that compliance of the most recent patient room visit can also predict entry compliance of a staff member’s current patient room visit
منابع مشابه
Discussions of a Preliminary Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring Application-as-a-service
Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) are a global concern as they impose significant economic consequences on the healthcare systems. In the U.S. alone, HAIs have cost hospitals an estimated $9.8 billion a year. An effective measure to reduce the spread of HAIs is for Health Care Workers (HCWs)to comply with recommended hand hygiene (HH) guidelines. Unfortunately, HH guideline compliance is curr...
متن کاملThe level of hand hygiene compliance by operating room personnel of Educational Hospitals in Hamadan University of Medical Science
Introduction: Health care associated infections (HCAIs) are among challenges to health care ‎facilities. Hand hygiene is well known as the most efficient, cost benefit and simplest ‎technique for decreasing these infections. In operating room, surgical procedures as invasive ‎techniques affects patients more than patients in other wards. Hence hand hygiene compliance ‎has a subs...
متن کاملHand Hygiene Compliance in a Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit in La Habana
Background: Hand hygiene plays a key role in the prevention of healthcare-associated infection in critical patients. Objective: The current study aimed to evaluate compliance with hand hygiene practices. Methods: An observational and descriptive study was carried out in a 35-bed medical-surgical critical care unit in La Habana (Cuba...
متن کاملعوامل موثر بر رفتار بهداشتی کردن دست ها در کارکنان بخش مراقبتهای ویژه: یک مطالعه کیفی
Abstract Background: Hand hygiene is the simplest and most effective preventive measures to reduce cross infection in hospitals. However, compliance with recommended instructions is commonly poor among healthcare workers. The present study aimed to explore potential behavioral determinants of hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers in intensive care units. Methods and Materials: A ...
متن کاملIncreasing uptake of hand hygiene education among health care workers via online learning at a Toronto teaching hospital
Introduction / objectives Education is a cornerstone of multi-modal strategies aimed to improve hand hygiene compliance among health care workers (HCWs). Major obstacles cited in the literature include limited time availability of HCWs and the reluctance of doctors to attend training sessions. A short, interactive online learning module was developed at St. Michael’s Hospital to update HCWs on ...
متن کامل