References

A (growing) list of interesting literature on hand hygiene:

WHO reported in 2017 that up to 650.000 people worldwide die of respiratory diseases linked to the seasonal flu.

WHO /T. Pietrasik, 13 Dec 2017.

Public health and economic impact of seasonal influenza vaccination with quadrivalent influenza vaccines compared to trivalent influenza vaccines in Europe.

Uhart M, Bricout H, Clay E, Largeron N. Public health and economic impact of seasonal influenza vaccination with quadrivalent influenza vaccines compared to trivalent influenza vaccines in Europe. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016 Sep;12(9):2259-68. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2016.1180490. Epub 2016 May 11. PMID: 27166916; PMCID: PMC5027718.

Effect of washing hands with soap on diarrhoea risk in the community: a systematic review.

Curtis V, Cairncross S. Effect of washing hands with soap on diarrhoea risk in the community: a systematic review. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 May;3(5):275-81. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(03)00606-6. PMID: 12726975.

Show Me the Science – Why Wash Your Hands?

CDC 2020.

Handwashing 6-10 times a day linked to lower infection risk

University College London (UCL), 2020.

How to wash your hands

NHS 2019.

Hand washing practices in a college town environment.

Borchgrevink, Carl & Cha, JM & Kim, Seunghyun. (2013). Hand washing practices in a college town environment.. Journal of environmental health. 75. 18.

Antibiotic resistance.

Key facts about antibiotics by WHO, 2020.

Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities.

Katrien Latour, Pete Kinross, Maria Luisa Moro, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Enrico Ricchizzi, Tracey Dillane, Jolanta Griškevičienė, Béatrice Jans, 2013.

The Danish State Serum Institute reported in 2019 that 87% of the prescriptions of antibiotics are issued by the frequent initial contact points for elderly patients.

Danish State Serum Institute.

Loneliness – an unequally shared burden in Europe.

Béatrice d’Hombres, Sylke Schnepf, Martina Barjakovà and Francisco Teixeira Mendonça. It is based on the JRC report: Loneliness across Europe, Barjakovà, d’Hombres, Schnepf, JRC Working Papers in Economics and Finance, forthcoming.

Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal observational studies.

Valtorta NK, Kanaan M, Gilbody S, et al. Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal observational studies. Heart 2016;102:1009-1016.

Loneliness and Risk of Dementia.

Angelina R Sutin, PhD, Yannick Stephan, PhD, Martina Luchetti, PhD, Antonio Terracciano, PhD, Loneliness and Risk of Dementia, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Volume 75, Issue 7, September 2020, Pages 1414–1422.

Recognition of Bathroom Activities in Older Adults Using Wearable Sensors: A Systematic Review and Recommendations.

Zhang, Y.; D’Haeseleer, I.; Coelho, J.; Vanden Abeele, V.; Vanrumste, B. Recognition of Bathroom Activities in Older Adults Using Wearable Sensors: A Systematic Review and Recommendations. Sensors 2021, 21, 2176. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21062176

Aiming To Reduce Cleaning Costs

Evans-Pritchard, Blake. Works That Work magazine, No.1.

“Priming” hand hygiene compliance in clinical environments.

King, D., Vlaev, I., Everett-Thomas, R., Fitzpatrick, M., Darzi, A., & Birnbach, D. J. (2016). “Priming” hand hygiene compliance in clinical environments. Health Psychology, 35(1), 96–101.

Use of a nudge tool for improving hand hygiene in a nursing team in home for elderly people – case study.

Tjaša Mlakar, Andreja Mihelič Zajec, Mojca jevšnik

Berendsen launched a hand hygiene system where light signals guides the user through the proper hand hygiene process. (In Danish).

Aarhus Kommune.

The psychology behind ‘revenge bedtime procrastination’.

Lu-Hai Liang, BBC, 26th November 2020

Amazon’s Alexa will sing you a hand-washing song if you ask.

Williams, Austin. Fox5, March 24, 2020

Postal workers will watch over your elderly parents.

Hanks, Jane. Connexion France, 15 May 2017.

Has dopamine got us hooked on tech?

Parkin, Simon. The Guardian, 04 March 2018.

Successful aging through digital games: Socioemotional differences between older adult gamers and Non-gamers.

Jason C. Allaire, Anne Collins McLaughlin, Amanda Trujillo, Laura A. Whitlock, Landon LaPorte, Maribeth Gandy, Successful aging through digital games: Socioemotional differences between older adult gamers and Non-gamers, Computers in Human Behavior, Volume 29, Issue 4, 2013,Pages 1302-1306,ISSN 0747-5632,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.014.