Abstract
In healthcare settings, hand hygiene is a crucial step in preventing the spread of disease. Healthcare-associated infections, such as community-acquired pneumonia and hospital-acquired pneumonia, can be mitigated with the help of cutting-edge solutions and intelligent alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Specifically, this research presents a Long-Range network (LoRa) powered by the Internet of Things that can detect, monitor and track hand hygiene habits to reduce the spread of HAIs. The wearable Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device used by hospital personnel and patients will monitor and track the hygiene activities using LoRa and alcohol-based sanitizers deployed in ICUs, elevators, inpatient rooms, and other hospital facilities. The alcohol dispenser is equipped with a Jetson Nano Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) from NVIDIA, a hand sanitizer, and a door that opens once the user has washed their hands. Using a LoRa Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) and short-range BLE technology, hand hygiene information, with a user ID and GPS location, has sent to a LoRa gateway and a cloud server. Various field tests in hospital settings and simulated environments are performed to effectively guarantee the clinical performance of the proposed IoT-enabled LoRa network. In conclusion, the total success percentage in real-world LoRa network conditions is 92.78 percent, whereas the success rate in laboratory testing is 98 percent.
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