A novel artificial intelligence (AI) system (SureWash; GLANTA, Dublin, Ireland) was
placed on a ward with 45 staff members for two 6-day periods to automatically assess
hand hygiene technique and the potential effectiveness of the automated training system.
Two human reviewers assessed videos from 50 hand hygiene events with an interrater
reliability (IIR) of 88% (44/50). The IIR was 88% (44/50) for the human reviewers
and 80% (40/50) for the software. This study also investigated the poses missed and
the impact of feedback on participation (+113%), duration (+11%), and technique (+2.23%).
Our findings showed significant correlation between the human raters and the computer,
demonstrating for the first time in a clinical setting the potential use of this type
of AI technology in hand hygiene training.
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Published online: October 11, 2012
Footnotes
Partially funded by Enterprise Ireland Project CP-2008-204 under the National Development Plan 2007-13 and Health Research Board Project TRA/2006/4.
Conflict of interest: H.H. has recent research collaborations with Steris Corporation, Inov8 Science, Pfizer, and Cepheid, and has also recently received lecture and other fees from Novartis, AstraZeneca, and Astellas. G.L. is a director of GLANTA Ltd.
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