Towards an RTLS-based hand hygiene notification system

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 261-265

  Baslyman, Malak ^a   Rezaee, Raoufeh ^a   Amyot, Daniel ^a   Mouttham, Alain ^a,b   Chreyh, Rana ^c   Geiger, Glen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Queensway Carleton Hospital   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated monitoring and notification; Hand hygiene; Infrared; Real time location system; Wi fi

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DISPENSERS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INFRARED RADIATION; LOCATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WI-FI;

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; AUTOMATED MONITORING; AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES; HAND HYGIENES; NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME LOCATION SYSTEMS;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84930360252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2014.08.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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