Methods for organizing the disinfection of one or more items contaminated with biological agents
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1. A method for organizing the disinfection of one or more items contaminated with biological agent(s), comprising:
- a) exposing an item to a disinfectant for a period sufficient to disinfect the item, said item having a wireless communication tag;
b) sending a first signal to the wireless communication tag when disinfection is complete to update a display on the wireless communication tag to be indicative of a clean status for the item;
c) subsequently detecting movement of the item past a chokepoint; and
d) sending a second signal to the wireless communication tag to alter the display upon a lapse of a predetermined amount of time after detecting movement of the item past the chokepoint.
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Abstract
The invention provides method for organizing the disinfection of one or more items contaminated with biological agent(s) comprising (a) attaching a radio-frequency ID (RFID) tag to an item(s) to be disinfected; exposing the item(s) of (a) to a disinfecting means for a period sufficient to disinfect the item; and (c) obtaining a signal from the tagged item when disinfection is complete thereby organizing the disinfection of one or more items.
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1. A method for organizing the disinfection of one or more items contaminated with biological agent(s), comprising:
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a) exposing an item to a disinfectant for a period sufficient to disinfect the item, said item having a wireless communication tag; b) sending a first signal to the wireless communication tag when disinfection is complete to update a display on the wireless communication tag to be indicative of a clean status for the item; c) subsequently detecting movement of the item past a chokepoint; and d) sending a second signal to the wireless communication tag to alter the display upon a lapse of a predetermined amount of time after detecting movement of the item past the chokepoint. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for disinfection of an item contaminated with biological agent(s) in a designated space, comprising:
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a) exposing a designated space to a disinfectant discharged from a portable disinfection apparatus for a period sufficient to disinfect an item in the designated space, wherein some non-portable surfaces of the designated space have a wireless communication tag; b) obtaining a signal from at least some of the wireless communication tags regarding their proximity to the portable disinfection apparatus before or during the period the item is exposed to the disinfectant and/or when the period the item is exposed to the disinfectant is complete; c) determining an approximate location of the portable disinfection apparatus in the designated space from the obtained signals; and d) associatively recording the approximate location of the portable disinfection apparatus and a duration of the period the item is exposed to the disinfectant. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method, comprising:
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a) exposing a designated space to ultraviolet light, said designated space having one or more wireless communication tags; b) receiving a signal that a predetermined amount of ultraviolet light has been detected; and c) subsequent to receiving the signal, sending a different signal of a predetermined strength to update displays only on a set of the one or more wireless communication tags that are within a set distance from the source of the ultraviolet light, wherein the predetermined strength is less than a signal strength constituting a maximum communication range of a transmitter sending the different signal, and wherein the different signal is to update the displays on the set of the one or more wireless communication tags to be indicative of a clean status for surfaces in the designated space comprising the respective set of one or more wireless communication tags. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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45. The method of clam 44, further comprising exposing the designated space to a fluidic disinfectant prior to exposing the item to ultraviolet light.
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51. A method for organizing the disinfection of one or more items contaminated with biological agent(s), comprising:
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a) exposing an item to a disinfectant for a period sufficient to disinfect the item, said item having a wireless communication tag; b) sending a first signal to the wireless communication tag when disinfection is complete to update a display on the wireless communication tag to be indicative of a clean status for the item; c) subsequently detecting movement of the item past a chokepoint or outside a vicinity of the chokepoint, wherein the chokepoint is associated with a space in which the item is exposed to the disinfectant; and d) sending a second signal to the wireless communication tag to alter the display to be indicative of an unclean status for the item upon detecting movement of the item past the chokepoint. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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