HAND WASHING COMPLIANCE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for evaluating hand hygiene compliance in a medical care facility, the system comprising:
- a plurality of patient stations;
a plurality of hand hygiene stations;
personnel tags for personnel in the medical care facility;
readers at the patient stations and at the hand hygiene stations capable of detecting the presence of personnel tags; and
control means for detecting whether a personnel tag accessed a hand hygiene station before presence at one of the patient stations.
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Abstract
A system and method for evaluating hand decontamination compliance in a medical care facility includes a plurality of patient stations; a plurality of hand hygiene stations; personnel tags for personnel in the medical care facility; readers at the patient stations and at the hand hygiene stations capable of detecting the presence of personnel tags; and a controller for detecting whether a personnel tag accessed a hand decontamination station before presence at one of the patient stations. In an alternate embodiment, personnel tags of healthcare workers and patients are tracked in space within the facility to indicate contacts between the healthcare workers and the patients and whether the healthcare workers accessed hand hygiene prior to the contact. Hand hygiene stations include hand washing stations and antimicrobial hand rub dispensers.
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43 Claims
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1. A system for evaluating hand hygiene compliance in a medical care facility, the system comprising:
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a plurality of patient stations; a plurality of hand hygiene stations; personnel tags for personnel in the medical care facility; readers at the patient stations and at the hand hygiene stations capable of detecting the presence of personnel tags; and control means for detecting whether a personnel tag accessed a hand hygiene station before presence at one of the patient stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of evaluating hand hygiene compliance in a medical care facility, the method comprising the steps of:
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tagging personnel in such facility with a personnel tag; detecting presence of personnel tags at hand hygiene stations within the facility; detecting presence of personnel tags at patient stations; and determining whether a person tagged with a personnel tag has visited a hand hygiene station prior to visiting a patient station. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for evaluating hand hygiene compliance in a medical facility, the system comprising:
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personnel tags for patients and for healthcare workers within the facility; sensors for determining a location of the personnel tags; and a controller programmed to detect whether a healthcare worker bearing one of the personnel tags accessed a hand hygiene station prior to contacting a patient bearing a separate one of the personnel tags. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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