Wireless Sensor Network based System for the Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections

Iuliana Bocicor, Maria Dascălu, Agnieszka Gaczowska, Sorin Hostiuc, Alin Moldoveanu, Antonio Molina, Arthur-Jozsef Molnar, Ionuț Negoi, Vlad Racoviță

2017

Abstract

Hospital acquired infections are a serious threat to the health and well-being of patients and medical staff within clinical units. Many of these infections arise as a consequence of medical personnel that come into contact with contaminated persons, surfaces or equipment and then with patients, without following proper hygiene procedures. In this paper we present our ongoing efforts in the development of a wireless sensor network based cyber-physical system which aims to prevent hospital infections by increasing compliance to established hygiene guidelines. The solution, currently developed under European Union funding integrates a network of sensors for monitoring clinical workflows and ambient conditions, a workflow engine that executes encoded workflow instances and monitoring software that provides real-time information in case of infection risk detection. As a motivating example, we employ the workflow in the general practitioner’s office in order to comprehensively present types of sensors and their positioning in the monitored location. Using the information collected by deployed sensors, the system is capable of immediately detecting infection risks and taking action to prevent the spread of infections.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Bocicor I., Dascălu M., Gaczowska A., Hostiuc S., Moldoveanu A., Molina A., Molnar A., Negoi I. and Racoviță V. (2017). Wireless Sensor Network based System for the Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections . In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE, ISBN 978-989-758-250-9, pages 158-167. DOI: 10.5220/0006357801580167

in Bibtex Style

@conference{enase17,
author={Iuliana Bocicor and Maria Dascălu and Agnieszka Gaczowska and Sorin Hostiuc and Alin Moldoveanu and Antonio Molina and Arthur-Jozsef Molnar and Ionuț Negoi and Vlad Racoviță},
title={Wireless Sensor Network based System for the Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,},
year={2017},
pages={158-167},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006357801580167},
isbn={978-989-758-250-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,
TI - Wireless Sensor Network based System for the Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections
SN - 978-989-758-250-9
AU - Bocicor I.
AU - Dascălu M.
AU - Gaczowska A.
AU - Hostiuc S.
AU - Moldoveanu A.
AU - Molina A.
AU - Molnar A.
AU - Negoi I.
AU - Racoviță V.
PY - 2017
SP - 158
EP - 167
DO - 10.5220/0006357801580167