Stethoscope disinfection monitoring and reporting system
First Claim
1. A stethoscope disinfection monitoring and reporting system, comprising:
- a cleaning assembly comprising a housing and structured and configured to at least partially clean a head portion of a stethoscope,a reader assembly connected to said housing at a predetermined location, anda hygienic monitoring device at least momentarily disposed in a proximate and communicative relation with said reader assembly while the head portion of the stethoscope is disposed in a cleaning relation to said cleaning assembly,wherein said reader assembly is structured and disposed to detect and identify said proximately disposed hygienic monitoring device.
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Abstract
A stethoscope disinfection monitoring and reporting system structured and configured to track, monitor and report the cleaning, disinfecting, and/or sterilizing of the head portion of a stethoscope is presented. The system comprises a stethoscope cleaning assembly cooperatively structured and configured to clean the head portion of the stethoscope, for instance, via the application of a cleaning fluid or solution thereto. The system further comprises a monitoring device and a cooperatively structured and disposed reader assembly. The monitoring device may be unique to, or otherwise serve to identify, the stethoscope. The reader assembly is structured and disposed to detect, identify, and record data pertaining to the monitoring device and/or stethoscope upon cleaning the head portion, or otherwise upon disposition of the head portion into a cleaning relation with the stethoscope cleaning assembly.
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1. A stethoscope disinfection monitoring and reporting system, comprising:
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a cleaning assembly comprising a housing and structured and configured to at least partially clean a head portion of a stethoscope, a reader assembly connected to said housing at a predetermined location, and a hygienic monitoring device at least momentarily disposed in a proximate and communicative relation with said reader assembly while the head portion of the stethoscope is disposed in a cleaning relation to said cleaning assembly, wherein said reader assembly is structured and disposed to detect and identify said proximately disposed hygienic monitoring device. - 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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24. A stethoscope disinfection monitoring and reporting system, comprising:
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a cleaning assembly structured and configured to at least partially clean a head portion of a stethoscope, a reader assembly connected to said cleaning assembly and being disposable into an operative, activated state upon disposition of the head portion into a cleaning relation with said cleaning assembly, a hygienic monitoring device uniquely associated with the stethoscope, said hygienic monitoring device being at least momentarily disposed in a proximate and communicative relation with said reader assembly, and a remote data collection system comprising a storage assembly structured to store and maintain a plurality of stethoscope identification and cleaning data, wherein said remote data collection system is disposed in a wireless communicative relation with said cleaning assembly. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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