Real-time and location-based hand hygiene monitoring and notification: proof-of-concept system and experimentation

Baslyman, Malak; Rezaee, Raoufeh; Amyot, Daniel; Mouttham, Alain; Chreyh, Rana; Geiger, Glen; Stewart, Alan; Sader, Samer

doi:10.1007/s00779-015-0855-y

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“…[ 37 ] specifies that only the general zone is saved in the database, not the exact coordinates. In the work of [ 38 ], there is no link between the name of the person and the ID of the tag. Only the type of employment is stored on the tag.…”

Section: Privacy Strategiesmentioning

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Reasons and Strategies for Privacy Features in Tracking and Tracing Systems—A Systematic Literature Review

Jandl

Wagner

Moser

et al. 2021

Sensors

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In the course of the digitization of production facilities, tracking and tracing of assets in the supply chain is becoming increasingly relevant for the manufacturing industry. The collection and use of real-time position data of logistics, tools and load carriers are already standard procedure in entire branches of the industry today. In addition to asset tracking, the technologies used also offer new possibilities for collecting and evaluating position and biometric data of employees. Thus, these technologies can be used for monitoring performance or for tracking worker behaviour, which can lead to additional burdens and stress for employees. In this context, the collection and evaluation of employee data can influence the workplace of the affected employee in the company to his or her disadvantage. The approach of Privacy by Design can help to benefit from all the advantages of these systems, while ensuring that the impact on employee privacy is kept to a minimum. Currently, there is no survey available that reviews tracking and tracing systems supporting this important and emerging field. This work provides a systematic overview from the perspective of the impact on employee privacy. Additionally, this paper identifies and evaluates the techniques used with regard to employee privacy in industrial tracking and tracing systems. This helps to reveal new privacy preserving techniques that are currently underrepresented, therefore enabling new research opportunities in the industrial community.

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Section: Privacy Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, ref. [ 7 ] for example refers to the consideration of existing laws such as the GDPR, while others such as [ 10 , 38 , 42 ] refer to the local legislation of the country where the system is to be applied.…”

Section: Privacy Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reasons and Strategies for Privacy Features in Tracking and Tracing Systems—A Systematic Literature Review

Jandl

Wagner

Moser

et al. 2021

Sensors

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“…Many of the tags that are worn by personnel are equipped with emergency push buttons, which can be used in case of an emergency. In other cases, RTLS are used to monitor the adherence to hand hygiene protocols in order to reduce infection risk (Baslyman et al , 2015). In this case, personnel are monitored or alerted whenever they forget to wash their hands at specified moments.…”

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Real-time location systems in nursing homes: state of the art and future applications

Weernink

Felix

Verkuijlen³

et al. 2018

JET

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Purpose-In the domain of healthcare, both process efficiency and the quality of care can be improved through the use of dedicated pervasive technologies. Among these applications are so-called real-time location systems (RTLS). Such systems are designed to determine and monitor the location of assets and people in real time through the use of wireless sensor networks. Numerous commercially available RTLS are used in hospital settings. The nursing home is a relatively unexplored context for the application of RTLS and offers opportunities and challenges for future applications. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach-This paper sets out to provide an overview of general applications and technologies of RTLS. Thereafter, it describes the specific healthcare applications of RTLS, including asset tracking, patient tracking and personnel tracking. These overviews are followed by a forecast of the implementation of RTLS in nursing homes in terms of opportunities and challenges. Findings-By comparing the nursing home to the hospital, the RTLS applications for the nursing home context that are most promising are asset tracking of expensive goods owned by the nursing home in order to facilitate workflow and maximise financial resources, and asset tracking of personal belongings that may get lost due to dementia. Originality/value-This paper is the first to provide an overview of potential application of RTLS technologies for nursing homes. The paper described a number of potential problem areas that can be addressed by RTLS.

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“…Understanding RTLS from a sociological and professional perspective can assist health professionals and managers to optimize the use the data for clinical practices, and to avoid a purely technological or managerial accounting logic. [1] The existing literature on the use of RTLS in health care demonstrates various applications such as monitoring of hand hygiene compliance rates, [2][3][4][5] contact tracing between infected persons and staff, [6,7] and monitoring patient movements and wait times. [8][9][10] Studies have shown that RTLS is an accurate method to quantify time spent by staff with patients at the bedside.…”

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Real time location systems: Is it big brother or a big opportunity for professional practice?

Limoges

Lankshear²,

Church³

2020

JNEP

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Purpose: Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) is an emerging health care technology with the potential to capture data that can be used to improve professional practice and patient outcomes. However, there is a paucity of literature in this area to guide health professionals and leaders in both the implementation and use of RTLS data. To address this gap in the literature, this qualitative study was designed to explore how staff perceive and experience RTLS, and how health care providers anticipate using RTLS data for professional practice and clinical decision making.Results: Interviews and focus groups were conducted with 31 health care professionals who work in a community hospital in Canada. There was variation between the participants in terms of the experience of being monitored, the intensity of emotions related to RTLS and being monitored, the degree to which RTLS influenced clinical decision making and reflection, and the perceptions of usefulness of RTLS data for professional practice. Three key themes emerged from the data: (1) the experience of being monitored, (2) anticipating using the data and (3) claiming the data for professional practice.Conclusions: Supports are vital to the successful adoption of RTLS and to enable health care professionals to claim and use RTLS data for professional practice and clinical decision making. During the implementation and use of RTLS data, it is crucial to recognize that RTLS data only represent the time spent in a location, and not the professional or knowledge-based practice of health professionals. Further research is required to understand the leadership strategies to guide the use of RTLS data.

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Real-time and location-based hand hygiene monitoring and notification: proof-of-concept system and experimentation

Cited by 21 publications

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Reasons and Strategies for Privacy Features in Tracking and Tracing Systems—A Systematic Literature Review

Reasons and Strategies for Privacy Features in Tracking and Tracing Systems—A Systematic Literature Review

Real-time location systems in nursing homes: state of the art and future applications

Real time location systems: Is it big brother or a big opportunity for professional practice?

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