Method for tracking and reporting personal hand hygiene dispenser electronic time-stamp data
First Claim
1. A system and method for tracking and reporting collected personal hand hygiene dispenser electronic time/stamp data comprisingdispensing to a user a single-hand, body-worn personal solution dispenser for delivery of said solution into the human hand;
- electronic tracking of usage of said single-hand body-worn personal solution dispenser;
generating usage data per position and per setting based on episodes wherein an episode is defined as a the activation of the dispenser in order to create standards of compliance that reduce infection rates;
downloading usage data from said dispenser to an external computer; and
reporting reports thereon.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for hand hygiene compliance management include a hand-held personal liquid dispenser including a pump and pump plunger that dispenses liquid from a reservoir inside the dispenser when depressed. The dispenser includes circuitry that detects and records each depression of the plunger, and a port for connection to an external computer to transfer data such as identifiers for the dispenser and its user, and time and date of dispenser usage. A tracking and reporting system is disclosed that allows for the collection of nationwide data for standards per setting and health care worker and the report of same.
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1. A system and method for tracking and reporting collected personal hand hygiene dispenser electronic time/stamp data comprising
dispensing to a user a single-hand, body-worn personal solution dispenser for delivery of said solution into the human hand; -
electronic tracking of usage of said single-hand body-worn personal solution dispenser; generating usage data per position and per setting based on episodes wherein an episode is defined as a the activation of the dispenser in order to create standards of compliance that reduce infection rates; downloading usage data from said dispenser to an external computer; and reporting reports thereon. - 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)
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