Method of increasing medical hygiene using color coded medical devices

• US 20080149117A1
• Filed: 12/21/2006
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Akhil Raghuram
• Original Assignee: Akhil Raghuram
• Inventors: Raghuram, Akhil
• Application Number:
  US11/644,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20080149117A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/898
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 42/00 Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/92 coded with colour

Abstract

A method of increasing medical hygiene, includes providing differently colored medical devices, providing one or more different patient environments, assigning each patient environment a unique color chosen from the colors represented by the differently colored medical devices, placing medical devices in patient environments having the same color assignment as the color of the medical device, identifying and removing medical devices from a patient environment where the devices in the patient environment do not match the assigned color of the patient environment. The medical aid can be protective medical clothing, such as surgical gloves.

Claims

1. A method of increasing medical hygiene, comprising:

providing differently colored medical devices;

providing one or more different patient environments;

assigning each patient environment a unique color chosen from the colors represented by the differently colored medical devices;

placing medical devices in patient environments having the same color assignment as the color of the medical device;

identifying and removing medical devices from a patient environment where the devices in the patient environment do not match the assigned color of the patient environment.

2. The method claim of claim 1 wherein said medical device is protective medical clothing.

3. The method claim of claim 1 wherein said medical device is a surgical glove.

4. A method for using different colored surgical gloves in different medical environments includes assigning each patient environment such a different color or other identifying characteristic such that when the medical provider enters the room, the provider can visually determine that medical devices which do not have said room characteristic are not used in said room.

5. A method of increasing medical hygiene, comprising steps of:

providing a plurality of patient environments each having a different assigned color;

providing a plurality of surgical gloves each having an assigned color chosen from the assigned colors used for patient environments;

placing surgical gloves in patient environments by matching surgical glove color to patient environment color; and

removing from a patient environment any surgical glove which does not match the assigned color.