Abstract
During a pandemic, it is imperative that all staff members have up-to-date information on changing work practices in the healthcare environment. This article presents a way to implement work environment orientation amongst different groups in care facilities by utilizing mobile robots, radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, and data synthesis. We offer a scenario based on a co-design approach, in which a mobile robot works as an orientation guide for new employees, RFID tags are applied on objects around the premises and people’s clothing. The mobile robot takes advantage of the information provided by its known location and each RFID tag read by the RFID reader integrated with the robot. We introduce the scenario here, along with the details of its practical test implementation. Further, the challenges met in the test implementation are discussed as well as the future potential of its application. In conclusion, our study indicates that repetitive training and orientation-related duties can be successfully transferred to a mobile robot. Through RFID, the mobile robot can deliver the relevant information to the right people and thus contribute to patient and personnel safety and the resource efficiency of the orientation process.
Highlights
A pandemic has tremendous effects on the care environments
The mobile robot was integrated with an reader, four antennas, and a tablet, the basic tests, the mobile robot was integrated with an radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, four antennas, and a as well as a computer-based data fusion that controls the functionality of the entire system
The technologies selected for the system are widely proven to be functional, but robot harnessed for employee orientation purposes with the presented integration and the mobile robot harnessed for employee orientation purposes with the presented intedata fusion is new
Summary
A pandemic has tremendous effects on the care environments. It poses a higher risk of infection for the healthcare workers and their loved ones and changes the work dynamics. Due to the personnel shortages, work duties among the healthcare workers must be reorganized [5], often resulting in some staff members performing extra duties compared with the pre-pandemic conditions or having to relocate and retrain to work in another unit. There is a need for recruitment and training of nurses and the support staff because more personnel than usual is needed for the maintenance, upkeep, and cleaning of the isolation facilities and the equipment used in patient care [6]
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