HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for performing sanitation compliance monitoring, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a computer, sanitation compliance data comprising a zone identifier corresponding to a first device in a zone and an entity identifier corresponding to a second device attached to a mobile entity in the zone, the zone defined by an area over which the first device and the second device communicate via one-way or two-way communication;
determining whether the mobile entity is compliant with a sanitation protocol associated with the zone; and
updating a database with results of the determining.
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Abstract
A hand hygiene compliance monitoring system includes a method and computer program product for performing sanitation compliance monitoring including receiving sanitation compliance data. The sanitation compliance data includes a zone identifier corresponding to a first device in a zone and an entity identifier corresponding to a second device attached to a mobile entity in the zone. The zone is defined by an area over which the first device and the second device communicate via one-way or two-way communication. It is determined whether the entity is compliant with a sanitation protocol associated with the zone, and a database is updated with results of the determining.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for performing sanitation compliance monitoring, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computer, sanitation compliance data comprising a zone identifier corresponding to a first device in a zone and an entity identifier corresponding to a second device attached to a mobile entity in the zone, the zone defined by an area over which the first device and the second device communicate via one-way or two-way communication; determining whether the mobile entity is compliant with a sanitation protocol associated with the zone; and updating a database with results of the determining. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for performing sanitation compliance monitoring, the system comprising:
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a sanitation station configured to accomplish a sanitation event that meets at least one criterion; a mechanism to detect the sanitation event at the sanitation station; a user interface; and a device comprising logic for; detecting at least one entity identification (ID) tag proximate to the sanitation station, each entity tag ID comprising a unique tag identifier corresponding to an entity; selecting an entity ID tag from the at least one detected entity ID tag; displaying a unique tag identifier associated with the selected entity ID tag, the displaying at the user interface; determining whether the at least one criterion has been met at the sanitation station; and updating a database with results of the determining and the tag identifier associated with the selected entity ID tag. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method for performing sanitation compliance monitoring, the method comprising:
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receiving a notification at a circuit in a mobile entity identification (ID) tag that a zone ID tag has been detected, each zone ID tag corresponding to a zone and having a unique zone identifier; storing, in a database on the mobile entity ID tag, the unique zone identifier corresponding to the zone ID tag, the storing in response to the receiving; and periodically transmitting contents of the database to a central computer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for performing sanitation compliance monitoring, the system comprising:
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a first device in communication with a database; a second device in communication with the database; a target zone defined by a first area over which a mobile device worn by a health care worker and the first device communicate; and a sanitation zone defined by a second area over which the mobile device worn by the health care worker and the second device communicate, wherein the target zone and the sanitation zone do not overlap.
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- 18. The system of claim 18, wherein the first device transmits data to the database responsive to a communication between the first device and the mobile device worn by the health care worker, and the second device transmits data to the database responsive to a communication between the second device and the mobile device worn by the health care worker.
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