Since its beginning at the end of 2019, the pandemic spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Sars-CoV-2) caused more than one million deaths in only nine months. The threat of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases exists as an imminent threat to human health. It is essential to implement adequate hygiene best practices to break the contagion chain and enhance society preparedness for such critical scenarios and understand the relevance of each disease transmission route. As the unconscious hand–face contact gesture constitutes a potential pathway of contagion, in this paper, the authors present a prototype system based on low-cost depth sensors able to monitor in real-time the attitude towards such a habit. The system records people’s behavior to enhance their awareness by providing real-time warnings, providing for statistical reports for designing proper hygiene solutions, and better understanding the role of such route of contagion. A preliminary validation study measured an overall accuracy of 91%. A Cohen’s Kappa equal to 0.876 supports rejecting the hypothesis that such accuracy is accidental. Low-cost body tracking technologies can effectively support monitoring compliance with hygiene best practices and training people in real-time. By collecting data and analyzing them with respect to people categories and contagion statistics, it could be possible to understand the importance of this contagion pathway and identify for which people category such a behavioral attitude constitutes a significant risk.

Manghisi, V.m., Fiorentino, M., Boccaccio, A., Gattullo, M., Cascella, G.l., Toschi, N., et al. (2020). A body tracking-based low-cost solution for monitoring workers’ hygiene best practices during pandemics. SENSORS, 20(21), 1-17 [10.3390/s20216149].

A body tracking-based low-cost solution for monitoring workers’ hygiene best practices during pandemics

Toschi N.;Pietroiusti A.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

Since its beginning at the end of 2019, the pandemic spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Sars-CoV-2) caused more than one million deaths in only nine months. The threat of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases exists as an imminent threat to human health. It is essential to implement adequate hygiene best practices to break the contagion chain and enhance society preparedness for such critical scenarios and understand the relevance of each disease transmission route. As the unconscious hand–face contact gesture constitutes a potential pathway of contagion, in this paper, the authors present a prototype system based on low-cost depth sensors able to monitor in real-time the attitude towards such a habit. The system records people’s behavior to enhance their awareness by providing real-time warnings, providing for statistical reports for designing proper hygiene solutions, and better understanding the role of such route of contagion. A preliminary validation study measured an overall accuracy of 91%. A Cohen’s Kappa equal to 0.876 supports rejecting the hypothesis that such accuracy is accidental. Low-cost body tracking technologies can effectively support monitoring compliance with hygiene best practices and training people in real-time. By collecting data and analyzing them with respect to people categories and contagion statistics, it could be possible to understand the importance of this contagion pathway and identify for which people category such a behavioral attitude constitutes a significant risk.
2020
Pubblicato
Rilevanza internazionale
Articolo
Esperti anonimi
Settore FIS/07 - FISICA APPLICATA (A BENI CULTURALI, AMBIENTALI, BIOLOGIA E MEDICINA)
English
Azure kinect
Body tracking
Hygiene best practices
Occupational safety
Pandemics containment
Safety training
Algorithms
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
Disinfection
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Occupational Health
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment
Pneumonia, Viral
SARS-CoV-2
Health Personnel
Wearable Electronic Devices
Manghisi, V.m., Fiorentino, M., Boccaccio, A., Gattullo, M., Cascella, G.l., Toschi, N., et al. (2020). A body tracking-based low-cost solution for monitoring workers’ hygiene best practices during pandemics. SENSORS, 20(21), 1-17 [10.3390/s20216149].
Manghisi, Vm; Fiorentino, M; Boccaccio, A; Gattullo, M; Cascella, Gl; Toschi, N; Pietroiusti, A; Uva, Ae
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