BACKGROUND & AIM
Staff working for the local community respiratory service were provided with lone worker security badges. Compliance across the service varied with some staff members using in line with the local policy, and others not, however overall compliance was reduced when compared to staff from an equivalent (control) community service. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a method to improve usage of these devices.
METHODS
A competition was devised whereby staff were randomised into one of four teams, and a scoring system implemented which averaged the number of recorded badge activations. A mystery prize for the end of the "season" was also promised for the winning "team", and monthly updates were provided to all participants.
Data on device activation and usage was collected monthly by the author for analysis.
RESULTS
Average device use per staff member comparing respiratory and control groups. Mean activations per month for the respiratory group exceeded the control group during the competition. Comparing with pre competition use, device activation's per month almost doubled during the competition for the respiratory service.
CONCLUSIONS
A small amount of admin (And an active imagination) were required, but resulted in a marked improvement in device compliance across the service.