System for Monitoring and Recording Hand Hygiene Performance
First Claim
1. A hand hygiene rate calculation and hand hygiene performance feedback system comprising a computer network with an application software administration center, and application software operative on the computer network which allows an application software user to direct the application software to interface with and query data or data-bases at sites or locations on the network where raw hygiene data is produced or stored, and with an application software user interface which enables the application software user to enter or choose a desired hand hygiene rate metric from a list of standard metrics, and to also input a hand hygiene rate denominator value such that execution of the application software will cause mathematical operations to be performed upon raw hygiene data from locations queried as selected by the applications software user, and utilizing the hand hygiene rate metric selected by the user and the hand hygiene rate denominator value input by the applications software user, the system will output processed data in the form of hand hygiene performance data or hand hygiene rate data,wherein the application software is configurable via the application software administration center to address and interface with data-based raw hygiene data residing anywhere on the computer network that the application software is located, whether the network is a corporate intranet, a private network, or the Internet, and which raw hygiene data contains time stamped hand hygiene event data such as the number of times and when a particular soap or sanitizer dispenser or group of particular soap or sanitizer dispensers have been used, and is stored in a publicly available database format, andwherein the application software is configurable to perform mathematical operations on raw hygiene data such that only the raw data required to assess the hand hygiene performance or hand hygiene rate of a group of individuals or team of co-workers or personnel from which the raw data originated is operated upon, the raw data includes at least one of (i) time stamped hand hygiene event data such as the number of times and when a particular soap or sanitizer dispenser or group of particular soap or sanitizer dispensers have been used, and (ii) recorded hand hygiene opportunities indicating when a hand hygiene event should have been performed such as actual hand hygiene opportunities or actual opportunities, wherein any individual or individual personnel identification information and any other information which links individual or individual personnel identification to the raw hygiene data is necessarily excluded from mathematical operation by the application software.
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Abstract
A hand hygiene behavior management system capable of monitoring and recording information generated by the operation of dispensers as a method of assessing behavior of a group as an indication of overall hygiene performance. The system generally includes a plurality of wireless communication devices with a first number of the wireless communication devices being disposed within or adjacent dispensers and operatively configured for sensing, monitoring and reporting information about the status and operation of the dispensers. A hierarchal communication network for access to a central host database; a data processor and hygiene management application software operatively configured to create hygiene management reports based upon the monitored dispenser data and a method to provide user interface.
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1. A hand hygiene rate calculation and hand hygiene performance feedback system comprising a computer network with an application software administration center, and application software operative on the computer network which allows an application software user to direct the application software to interface with and query data or data-bases at sites or locations on the network where raw hygiene data is produced or stored, and with an application software user interface which enables the application software user to enter or choose a desired hand hygiene rate metric from a list of standard metrics, and to also input a hand hygiene rate denominator value such that execution of the application software will cause mathematical operations to be performed upon raw hygiene data from locations queried as selected by the applications software user, and utilizing the hand hygiene rate metric selected by the user and the hand hygiene rate denominator value input by the applications software user, the system will output processed data in the form of hand hygiene performance data or hand hygiene rate data,
wherein the application software is configurable via the application software administration center to address and interface with data-based raw hygiene data residing anywhere on the computer network that the application software is located, whether the network is a corporate intranet, a private network, or the Internet, and which raw hygiene data contains time stamped hand hygiene event data such as the number of times and when a particular soap or sanitizer dispenser or group of particular soap or sanitizer dispensers have been used, and is stored in a publicly available database format, and wherein the application software is configurable to perform mathematical operations on raw hygiene data such that only the raw data required to assess the hand hygiene performance or hand hygiene rate of a group of individuals or team of co-workers or personnel from which the raw data originated is operated upon, the raw data includes at least one of (i) time stamped hand hygiene event data such as the number of times and when a particular soap or sanitizer dispenser or group of particular soap or sanitizer dispensers have been used, and (ii) recorded hand hygiene opportunities indicating when a hand hygiene event should have been performed such as actual hand hygiene opportunities or actual opportunities, wherein any individual or individual personnel identification information and any other information which links individual or individual personnel identification to the raw hygiene data is necessarily excluded from mathematical operation by the application software.
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25. A hand hygiene rate calculation and hand hygiene performance feedback system comprising a computer network with an application software administration center, and application software operative on the computer network which allows an application software user to direct the application software to interface with and query data or data-bases at sites or locations on the network where raw hygiene data is produced or stored, and with an application software user interface which enables the application software user to enter or choose a desired hand hygiene rate metric from a list of standard metrics, and to also input a hand hygiene rate denominator value such that execution of the application software will cause mathematical operations to be performed upon raw hygiene data from locations queried as selected by the applications software user, and utilizing the hand hygiene rate metric selected by the user and the hand hygiene rate denominator value input by the applications software user, the system will output processed data in the form of hand hygiene performance data or hand hygiene rate data,
wherein the application software is configurable to address, interface with, and query data-based raw hygiene data residing anywhere on the computer network that the application software is located, wherein the network is a corporate intranet, a private network, or the Internet, and the data-base contains raw hygiene data that has been acquired by any electronic or automated hygiene surveillance or monitoring system, wherein the raw hygiene data contains at least one of (i) time stamped hand hygiene event data such as the number of times and when a particular soap or sanitizer dispenser or group of particular soap or sanitizer dispensers have been used, (ii) recorded hand hygiene opportunities indicating when a hand hygiene event should have been performed such as actual hand hygiene opportunities or actual opportunities, and (iii) recorded hand hygiene event opportunities indicating where a hand hygiene event should have been performed such as actual hand hygiene opportunities or actual opportunities.
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28. A hand hygiene rate calculation and hand hygiene performance feedback system comprising a computer network with application software operative on the computer network which allows an application software user to direct the application software to interface with and query data or data-bases at sites or locations on the network where raw hygiene data is produced or stored, and with an application software user interface which enables the application software user to enter manually a desired hand hygiene rate metric or choose a desired hand hygiene rate metric from a list of standard hand hygiene metrics, execution of the application software will cause mathematical operations to be performed upon the raw hygiene data from locations queried as selected by the applications software user, and utilizing the hand hygiene rate metric selected by the user, the system outputs processed data in the form of hand hygiene performance data or hand hygiene rate data which is characteristic of the raw hygiene data which has been queried.
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29. A hand hygiene rate calculation and hand hygiene performance feedback system comprising a computer network and application software operative on the computer network, said application software provides a means for an application software user to direct said application software to interface with and query data or data-bases at sites or locations on the network where raw hygiene data is produced or stored, and wherein said data-base or data-bases contain raw hygiene data that has been acquired by any electronic or automated hygiene surveillance or monitoring system, and wherein execution of said application software will cause mathematical operations to be performed upon said raw hygiene data such that utilizing a hand hygiene rate metric selected by the user and a hand hygiene rate denominator value input by the applications software user, the system will output processed data in the form of hand hygiene performance data or hand hygiene rate data.
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