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Tytuł:
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A user's view of commercial mobile applications designed to measure hand hygiene compliance by direct observation.
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Autorzy:
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Cawthorne KR; Department of Innovation, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: .
Oliver C; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
Cooke RPD; Department of Innovation, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK; Department of Medical Microbiology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
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Źródło:
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The Journal of hospital infection [J Hosp Infect] 2021 Nov; Vol. 117, pp. 4-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 14.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Publication: London : W.B. Saunders For The Hospital Infection Society
Original Publication: New York, Academic Press.
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MeSH Terms:
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Hand Hygiene*
Mobile Applications*
Delivery of Health Care ; Humans ; Infection Control ; World Health Organization
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Contributed Indexing:
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Keywords: Apps; Hand hygiene; Mobile applications; Monitoring
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20210817 Date Completed: 20211110 Latest Revision: 20211110
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Update Code:
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20240104
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DOI:
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10.1016/j.jhin.2021.08.008
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PMID:
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34403768
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Background: Mobile applications (apps) that facilitate the measurement of hand hygiene (HH) compliance rates by direct observation (DO) are widely available. Their usefulness for infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals has neither been recently reviewed nor formally assessed.
Aim: To present a critical analysis of hand hygiene measurement apps.
Methods: Mobile apps were identified from four sources: PubMed, Apple app store, Google Play app store, Google search engine. Individual apps were then evaluated against a novel scoring system using seven key criteria considered relevant for IPC professionals. These included availability, price, automated data analysis, training requirement, compliance measured against the World Health Organization (WHO) 5 moments of HH, recent updates, and average app store rating. For each criterion, possible scores ranged from zero to two, with a maximum available score of 14 per app.
Findings: A total of 32 apps were identified of which 13 were suitable for analysis. Only three apps (19%) scored ≥12. Twelve apps (92%) allowed compliance to be measured against the WHO 5 moments of HH. Five apps (38%) were completely free to use, seven apps (54%) allowed for automatic analysis and reporting of HH data and only six apps (46%) had high app store ratings.
Conclusion: The current mobile apps available for DO of HH generally scored poorly. In order to make these apps more useful to IPC professionals, they should be user-friendly and require less training prior to use. National IPC organizations should develop core standards for these apps to guide future development.
(Copyright © 2021 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
