Open AccessApplication Notes: APD Handwash Android App – A tool for evaluating the effectiveness of handwashing
Author(s) -
Wei-Ling Wu,
Zealyn ShiLin Heng,
Samuel KenEn Gan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scientific phone apps and mobile devices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2364-4958
DOI - 10.30943/2021/08092021
Subject(s) - medicine , android (operating system) , washing hands , internet privacy , computer science , hygiene , pathology , operating system
Handwashing is a basic infection control practice that needs to be performed correctly to be effective. In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, its correct practice is emphasized by public health institutions. However, turning a practice into a habit requires acceptance for adoption of the twenty-second proper procedure to which difficulty remains. To promote and convince the average user, we developed the “APD Handwash app” as a home-use demonstration/education tool to the pitfalls and need of proper handwashing practices through the detection of assigned clean or dirty areas on the hand in a quantitative manner to provide a gauge to the effectiveness of washing when used before and after washing.