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Electronic recognition of hand hygiene technique and duration
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Electronic recognition of hand hygiene technique and duration

Valerie Galluzzi, Ted Herman, D J Shumaker, D R Macinga, J W Arbogast, Elena M Segre, Alberto M Segre and Philip M Polgreen
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.35(10), pp.1298-1300
10/2014
DOI: 10.1086/678059
PMID: 25203186

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Abstract

We captured 3-dimensional accelerometry data from the wrists of 116 healthcare professionals as they performed hand hygiene (HH). We then used these data to train a k-nearest-neighbors classifier to recognize specific aspects of HH technique (ie, fingertip scrub) and measure the duration of HH events.
Accelerometry - instrumentation Accelerometry - methods Hand Hygiene - methods Hand Hygiene - statistics & numerical data Humans Reproducibility of Results Time Factors Wrist

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