Researchers from University of Louisville (Ky.) School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine and New York City-based Lenox Hill Hospital developed a new hand hygiene data collection process and an automated reporting engine.
The researchers detailed the process in American Journal of Infection Control.
The researchers' process involves a three-step approach:
• Creating a data collection form using Google Forms
• Transferring data from the form to a spreadsheet using Google Spreadsheets
• Creating an automated, cloud-based analytics platform for report generation using R and RStudio Shiny software
A tutorial of the creation and use of the free tool can be found on YouTube. And the on-demand reporting tool can be accessed here.
"This data collection and automated analytics engine provides an easy-to-use environment for evaluating hand hygiene data; it also provides rapid feedback to healthcare workers," researchers concluded.