Webinar Request - Combating COVID-19 with IoT Technology
The webinar recording from March 11, 2020, features CenTrak experts discussing how IoT technology can help healthcare facilities combat COVID-19 by monitoring hand hygiene compliance, enabling contact tracing among patients, visitors, staff, and equipment, tracking differential air pressure, and managing assets including specialized medical devices.
Webinar Recording: Combating COVID-19 with IoT Technology
On March 11, 2020, with recent news of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, CenTrak’s solution experts discussed how your facility can reduce the spread of infection through IoT technology. A review of the following use cases were included:
- Hand hygiene compliance monitoring
- Contact tracing between patients, visitors, staff, and equipment
- Differential air pressure monitoring
- Asset tracking/management including specialty devices such as medical scopes
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