Exploring AI-assisted cameras to assess use of contact precautions
Contact precaution policies are used to prevent the spread of pathogenic organisms. We aimed to test whether AI-assisted cameras could monitor aspects of compliance with these policies. Testing in both simulated and real patient care settings yielded exceptional sensitivity and good specificity, indicating potential to monitor adherence to contact precautions.
Authors
- A. Wellesley Harris
- Michelle Newman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4010-5328)
- Gregory M. Schrank (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9030-4224)
- Katherine E Goodman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2851-775X)
- Lisa Pineles
- Giuliano Scarcelli
- Zaki Chowdhury
- Robert J. McLuckey
- Daniel J. Morgan
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2026.10408
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00