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Piaggio, Davide, Zarro, Marianna , Pagliara, Silvio, Almuhini, Abdulaziz, Maccaro, Alessia and Pecchia, Leandro (2023) The use of smart environments and robots for infection prevention control : a systematic literature review. American Journal of Infection Control, 51 (10). pp. 1175-1181. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2023.03.005 ISSN 0196-6553.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.03.005
Abstract
Infection prevention and control (IPC) is essential to prevent nosocomial infections. The implementation of automation technologies can aid outbreak response.
This manuscript aims at investigating the current use and role of robots and smart environments on IPC systems in nosocomial settings.
The systematic literature review was performed following the PRISMA statement. Literature was searched for articles published in the period January 2016 to October 2022. Two authors determined the eligibility of the papers, with conflicting decisions being mitigated by a third. Relevant data was then extracted using an ad-hoc extraction table to facilitate the analysis and narrative synthesis. The quality of the included studies was appraised by two authors.
The search strategy returned 1520 citations and 17 papers were included in this review. This review identified three main areas of interest: hand hygiene and personal protective equipment compliance, automatic infection cluster detection and environments cleaning (i.e., air quality control, sterilization).
This review demonstrates that IPC practices within hospitals mostly do not rely on automation and robotic technology, and few advancements have been made in this field. Increasing the awareness of health care workers on these technologies, through training and involving them in the design process, is essential to accomplish the Health 4.0 transformation. Research priorities should also be considering how to implement similar or more contextualized alternatives for low-income countries.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Nosocomial infections -- Prevention | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | American Journal of Infection Control | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Inc | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0196-6553 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | October 2023 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 51 | ||||||||||
Number: | 10 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1175-1181 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.03.005 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 17 March 2023 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 March 2023 | ||||||||||
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