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Germ Destroyer - A Gamified System to Increase the Hand Washing Duration in Shared Bathrooms

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Maximilian Altmeyer,

Vladislav Hnatovskiy,

Antonio KrügerAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '19: Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Pages 509 - 519

https://doi.org/10.1145/3311350.3347157

Published: 17 October 2019 Publication History

Abstract

Washing hands is important for public health as it prevents spreading germs to other people. One of the most important factors in cleaning hands is the hand washing duration. However, people mostly do not wash their hands for a long enough time leading to infections and diseases for themselves and others. To counter this, we present "Germ Destroyer", a system consisting of a sensing device which can be mounted on the water tap and a mobile application providing gameful feedback to encourage users to meet the recommended duration. In the mobile application, users kill germs and collect points by washing their hands. Through a laboratory study (N=14) and a 10-day in-the-wild study (363 hand washing sessions), we found that Germ Destroyer enhances the enjoyment of hand washing, reduces the perceived hand washing duration, almost doubles the actual hand washing duration, and has the potential to reduce the risk of infection.

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Germ Destroyer - A Gamified System to Increase the Hand Washing Duration in Shared Bathrooms
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Empirical studies in HCI

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CHI PLAY '19: Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

October 2019

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ISBN:9781450366885

DOI:10.1145/3311350

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Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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New Mexico State University, New Mexico, USA

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