Internet of Things to Explore Moment 2 of "WHO My Five Moments" for Hand Hygiene.

Electronic hand hygiene surveillance systems are developing and considered to be more reliable than direct observation for hand hygiene monitoring. However, none have the capability to assess compliance in complex nursing care. We combined two different technologies, a hand hygiene monitoring system (radiofrequency identification, RFID) and a nursing care recorder at the bedside, and we merge their data to assess hand hygiene performance during nursing.

Binding communication to improve peripheral venous catheter monitoring.

Background: Optimizing the monitoring of peripheral venous catheters is essential. We developed a nursing record system at bedside (Patient Smart Reader) to track peripheral venous catheter acts.

Aims: The aim of the present study was to improve peripheral venous catheter monitoring.