Real-Time Smart Patient Monitoring and Assessment Amid COVID-19 Pandemic – an Alternative Approach to Remote Monitoring

Naik, B Naveen; Gupta, Rekha; Singh, Ajay; Soni, Shiv Lal; Puri, Goverdhan Dutt

doi:10.1007/s10916-020-01599-2

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“…Attempts to meliorate doffing of PPE should include both prudence and safety, utilizing innovative or improved methods, training practices, and organizational policies [28]. An imminent crisis is opportunities for innovation, wherein a conventionally slow-moving healthcare facility can be improvised in response to the pandemic [29]. To stem the risk of self-contamination during doffing of PPE, we utilized the real-time RADS system to assist HCW while doffing [20].…”

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Performance of Health Care Workers in Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment Using Real-Time Remote Audio-Visual Doffing Surveillance System: Its Implications for Bio-Safety Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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Lazar³

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BackgroundVery little has been reported about health care workers' (HCWs) adherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines of doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Real-time remote audio-visual doffing surveillance (RADS) system for assisting doffing might reduce the risk of self-contamination. We used this system to determine the incidence of the breach in biosafety during doffing of PPE among HCWs involved in the care of Covid-19 patients. MethodsA total of 100 HCWs were enrolled in this observational study who performed duties in the COVID intensive care unit (ICU) of our tertiary care centre. With a real-time RADS system, trained observers from remote locations assisted HCWs during doffing of PPE and noted breach at any step using the CDC doffing checklist. The breach was considered major if committed during removal of gloves/gown/N-95 or if ≥3 errors occurred in any other steps. ResultsOverall, 40% of the HCWs committed a breach during doffing at least one step. The majority of the errors were observed during hand hygiene (34%), followed by glove removal (12%) and N-95 removal (8%). Nineteen percent of HCWs committed the major breach, out of which 37.5% were done by house-keeping sanitation staff (p = 0.008 and RR 2.85; 95% CI of 1.313-6.19), followed by technicians (22.5%), nursing staff (16.7%) and resident doctors (6.5%). ConclusionsPerforming doffing using a real-time RADS system is associated with a relatively low incidence of a breach in biosafety compared with earlier studies using an onsite standard observer. Overall adherence of HCWs to the CDC guidelines of doffing PPE was satisfactory. This study highlights the importance of the RADS system during doffing of PPE in a health care setting amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Performance of Health Care Workers in Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment Using Real-Time Remote Audio-Visual Doffing Surveillance System: Its Implications for Bio-Safety Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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Lazar³

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“…An intelligent video system can also be used to assure proper self-quarantine of individuals (if necessarily required) as Chun ( 2020 ) reported that China had used AI-based camera system for citizens to ensure their self-quarantine. Such system has also been implemented in countries like the USA, UK and Israel for intelligent decision making and controlling of the COVID-19 spread (Dobrea and Dobrea 2020 ; Naik et al 2020 ).…”

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The Role of Digital Technologies that Could Be Applied for Prescreening in the Mining Industry During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Atif

Cawood

Mahboob

2020

Trans Indian Natl. Acad. Eng.

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The novel COVID-19 (coronavirus disease of 2019) pandemic has caused global havoc and impacted almost every aspect of human life and the global economy. The mining industry is not immune to such impacts. The pandemic has accelerated the need for digital transformation in the mining industry and in the era of the fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), there is further application of digital technologies in the early detection and prescreening of emerging infectious and viral diseases to keep mining areas and communities safer and less vulnerable. This paper aims to explore the application of smart digital technologies that could be applied for detection, prescreening and prevention of COVID-19 in the mining industry. The study will contribute, firstly, to demonstrate the utility and applications of digital technologies in the mining industry and, secondly, the development of a body of knowledge that can be consulted to prevent the spread of the disease in the mining industry.

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“…The spread of COVID-19 disease demands the rapidlaunching of new healthcare services/applications, change the way present healthcare services are provided [13] , integrate modern tools such as AI and Machine Learning (ML) in the data analysis process [14] . A new application can collect the data of COVID-19 patients from different healthcare centers, upload the data to a cloud server and make the information available to public so that others can rely on the information for different purposes.…”

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The role of 5G for digital healthcare against COVID-19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges

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COVID-19 pandemic caused a massive impact on healthcare, social life, and economies on a global scale. Apparently, technology has a vital role to enable ubiquitous and accessible digital health services in pandemic conditions as well as against “re-emergence” of COVID-19 disease in a post-pandemic era. Accordingly, 5G systems and 5G-enabled e-health solutions are paramount. This paper highlights methodologies to effectively utilize 5G for e-health use cases and its role to enable relevant digital services. It also provides a comprehensive discussion of the implementation issues, possible remedies and future research directions for 5G to alleviate the health challenges related to COVID-19.

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Real-Time Smart Patient Monitoring and Assessment Amid COVID-19 Pandemic – an Alternative Approach to Remote Monitoring

Cited by 29 publications

References 5 publications

Performance of Health Care Workers in Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment Using Real-Time Remote Audio-Visual Doffing Surveillance System: Its Implications for Bio-Safety Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Performance of Health Care Workers in Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment Using Real-Time Remote Audio-Visual Doffing Surveillance System: Its Implications for Bio-Safety Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

The Role of Digital Technologies that Could Be Applied for Prescreening in the Mining Industry During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The role of 5G for digital healthcare against COVID-19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges

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