Hand hygiene training through a serious game: New ways of improving Safe Practices

Autor: Marta Vázquez-Vázquez, A. Torres-Olivera, M. Skodova, J. Ferrero-Alvarez-Rementeria, V. Santana-Lopez
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: SeGAH
DOI: 10.1109/segah.2011.6165439
Popis: The Andalusian Patient Safety Observatory (Spain) has developed a serious game to promote hand hygiene among health care professionals and citizens. We have used this new methodology, based on simulation and interaction, to create a non-risk environment, where users have to decide when and how must perform hand hygiene, with no adverse effect from their actions. Prior to the ludic part, there is a theoretical introduction with contents from the World Health Organization, specially the “5 Moments for Hand Hygiene”. This methodology keeps easily users' interest and reinforces their knowledge without a big effort by them. This ludic approach allows us to attract also patients. After some successful preliminary results (25.000 visits in one month), we have started to work on a second serious game, focused on Safe Medication Practices.
Databáze: OpenAIRE