Circulating Nurse Assistant: Non-Contact Body Centric Gesture Recognition Towards Reducing Latrogenic Contamination

IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2021 Jun;25(6):2305-2316. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2020.3042998. Epub 2021 Jun 3.

Abstract

Iatrogenic contamination causes serious health threats to both patients and healthcare staff. Contact operation is an important transmission route for nosocomial infection. Reducing direct contact during medical treatment can reduce nosocomial infection quickly and effectively. Scientific and technological progress in the 5G era brings new solutions to the problem of iatrogenic contamination. We conducted experiments at 27 GHz and 37 GHz to achieve contactless gesture recognition through the bornprint of body centric channel. The original channel S-parameters can achieve 82% (27 GHz) and 89% (37 GHz) basic recognition accuracy through simple statistical analysis. Basic switch recognition and multi-gesture selection recognition can meet the common operation requirements of circulating nurses, greatly reducing contact operations and reducing the probability of cross-contamination. Fully physically isolated body centric channel gesture sensing provides a new entry point for reducing iatrogenic contamination.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Gestures*
  • Humans
  • Nurses*