Healthcare Garments and Linens that have Suggestive Prompts on them such as "Clean your Hands"

• US 20100050314A1
• Filed: 08/26/2008
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Meredith Lindsay Price, Michael Joseph Oleyar
• Original Assignee: Meredith Lindsay Price, Michael Joseph Oleyar
• Inventors: Oleyar, Michael Joseph, Price, Meredith Lindsay
• Application Number:
  US12/198,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20100050314A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/83
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1236 Patients' garments
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/02 Bed linen; Blankets; Counterpanes

Abstract

The present invention relates to placement of visual prompts on hospital garments and linens to suggest workers to practice hand hygiene. Prompts will be text in any language, symbols, or other designs and will be affixed to garments and linens with stickers, buttons, embroidery, dye, paint, and other means. Specifically the invention includes designs and/or statements including but not limited to CLEAN YOUR HANDS and PLEASE WASH YOUR HANDS FIRST on hospital linens and hospital garments, such as patient gowns, scrubs, sheets, and blankets to prompt healthcare workers in contact with patients to wash their hands.

Claims

1. :

A patient gown to be used in the healthcare setting but not limited to use in hospitals, in outpatient clinics where patients may wear a gown during procedures, and in extended care facilities such as nursing homes. The said gown having

design for single use or repeat use,

been made of fabric, plastic, or any material used for patient gowns currently or in the future,

a body portion for providing patient modesty,

two sleeves for patient arms,

means for securing the gown around the patient,

any color or combination or colors in any pattern used in gown production for aesthetics or utility,

prompts for promoting hand hygiene among persons in contact of the said patient in the form of text, any language, symbols, objects, or other visual stimuli,

prompts that are visible at the bedside to a person visiting the said patient,

prompts that are readable by most with good vision at an arms length away from the patient,

prompts that may span across the chest of said patient'"'"'s gown or the said sleeves,

one or multiple prompts in one or multiple locations on the patient'"'"'s gown,

prompts including but not limited to text saying CLEAN YOUR HANDS, WASH YOUR HANDS, or PLEASE CLEAN YOUR HANDS FIRST or similar phrases in any language, prompts including but not limited to symbols that suggest hand washing such as two hands sprinkled with water from a faucet above,

prompts fixed on the garment with any means including but not limited to embroidery, buttons, stickers, paint, screen printing, transfer, or any other method.

2. Hospital linens including but not limited to sheets, blankets, pillowcases, or other linens used by the patient designed with the same intent of the gown in claim 1, intended to improve hand hygiene among persons in contact with the patient having,

any color or combination or colors in any pattern used in gown production for aesthetics or utility,

prompts for promoting hand hygiene among persons in contact of the said patient in the form of text, any language, symbols, objects, or other visual stimuli,

prompts that are visible at the bedside to a person visiting the patient,

prompts that are readable by most with good vision at an arms length away from the patient,

one or multiple prompts in one or multiple locations on the patients linens,

prompts including but not limited to text saying CLEAN YOUR HANDS, WASH YOUR HANDS, or PLEASE CLEAN YOUR HANDS FIRST or similar phrases,

prompts including but not limited to symbols that suggest hand washing such as two hands sprinkled with water from a faucet above

prompts fixed on the garment with any means including but not limited to embroidery, buttons, stickers, paint, screen printing, transfer, or any other method.

3. Hospital worker garments used as apparel in the healthcare setting such as surgical gowns, scrubs, scrub caps, and any other garment or linen used by those caring for the patient whose hand hygiene is essential in the prevention of microflora transmission having, any color or combination of colors in any pattern used in garment production for aesthetics or utility,

prompts for promoting hand hygiene among persons in contact with the patient in the form of text, any language, symbols, objects, or other visual stimuli,

prompts that are visible at the bedside to a patient or person visiting the said patient,

prompts that are readable by most with good vision at an arms length away from the patient,

prompts that may span the healthcare provider garment chest or the sleeves,

one or multiple said prompts in one or multiple locations on the healthcare workers garment,

prompts including but not limited to text saying CLEAN YOUR HANDS, WASH YOUR HANDS, or PLEASE CLEAN YOUR HANDS FIRST, ASK ME TO WASH MY HANDS, or similar phrases,

prompts including but not limited to symbols that suggest hand washing such as two hands sprinkled with water from a faucet above

prompts fixed on the garment with any means including but not limited to embroidery, buttons, stickers, paint, screen printing, transfer, or any other method.