Journal article
Contact Observations from an Intensive Care Unit
Scientific data, Vol.12(1), 936
06/04/2025
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-05249-5
PMCID: PMC12137830
PMID: 40467583
Abstract
Location and interaction data for workers in a hospital unit are useful for epidemiological research. This article describes a one-week study measuring contacts between healthcare professionals in a medical intensive care unit. Measurements capture the duration of contact, defined as being within six feet (1.8 ± 0.1 meters) distance between instrumented persons or between persons and selected locations throughout the unit. Within each patient room, measurements distinguish between three places: the sink, the computer, and the vitals monitor. Data from the study, approximately 15 million records, are processed into different formats that facilitate analysis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Contact Observations from an Intensive Care Unit
- Creators
- Hieu Vu - University of IowaRoger Struble - University of IowaPhilip M Polgreen - University of IowaBijaya Adhikari - University of IowaTed Herman - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Scientific data, Vol.12(1), 936
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41597-025-05249-5
- PMID
- 40467583
- PMCID
- PMC12137830
- NLM abbreviation
- Sci Data
- ISSN
- 2052-4463
- eISSN
- 2052-4463
- Publisher
- Springer Nature; BERLIN
- Grant note
- 5T32AI007343 / University of Iowa (UI) U01CK000594/CK/NCEZID / U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) SCH2306331 / National Science Foundation (NSF) U54CK000613 / U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/04/2025
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Computer Science; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984827333502771
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