System and Method for Monitoring Hospital Workflow Compliance with a Hand Hygiene Network
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a hand hygiene compliance system comprising a plurality of control units, a plurality of wearable badges, and a server, each of said badges associated with an asset, each of said control units operable to detect and identify a badge within a predetermined proximity of said control unit and communicate data over a communications network to said server; and
a feedback device;
wherein said server is operable to perform at least one of the following actions;
(a) generating a report of compliance with a hospital procedure based at least in part on said data in response to a query by a user and display the report on a feedback device;
(b) selecting at least one hospital procedure relevant to said data and providing workflow instructions to a person performing such procedure;
or(c) generating a notification regarding compliance with a procedure in response at least in part to said data.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring compliance with a plurality of workflow procedures in a hospital or other health care facility using a hand hygiene compliance system (HHC). A control unit of an HHC gathers data based upon the presence, identification, and movement of a plurality of assets, including persons, equipment, or supplies, having wearable detectable tags, such as RFID tages, and communicates that data to a local or remote server. The server is programmed to monitor or cause compliance with hospital workflow procedures relevant to the communicated data, such as rounding requirements and proper use of equipment, or may generate alarms or notifications where a workflow procedure has not been followed.
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27 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a hand hygiene compliance system comprising a plurality of control units, a plurality of wearable badges, and a server, each of said badges associated with an asset, each of said control units operable to detect and identify a badge within a predetermined proximity of said control unit and communicate data over a communications network to said server; and
a feedback device;wherein said server is operable to perform at least one of the following actions; (a) generating a report of compliance with a hospital procedure based at least in part on said data in response to a query by a user and display the report on a feedback device; (b) selecting at least one hospital procedure relevant to said data and providing workflow instructions to a person performing such procedure;
or(c) generating a notification regarding compliance with a procedure in response at least in part to said data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a hand hygiene compliance system comprising a plurality of control units, a plurality of wearable badges, and a server, each of said badges associated with a person, each of said control units operable to detect and identify said badges within a predetermined proximity of said control unit and communicate data over a communications network to said server; and
a feedback device;wherein said server is operable to perform at least the following actions; (a) generating a rounding report based at least in part upon data received from said control units in order to monitor compliance with a rounding interval assigned to a patient resident at a healthcare facility; and (b) displaying said rounding report on said feedback device, wherein said rounding report is dynamically updated in response at least in part to data received from said control units. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
a hand hygiene compliance system comprising a plurality of control units and a plurality of badges, each of said control units operable to detect and identify a first badge associated with a piece of medical equipment and a second badge associated with a person within a predetermined proximity of said control unit and to display on a feedback device associated with said control unit workflow instructions for performing a procedure responsive to the identities of said person and said equipment. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method comprising:
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identifying with a hand hygiene compliance (HHC) system one of a plurality of preselected persons within a predetermined proximity of a control unit of said HHC system, wherein said control unit corresponds to a patient; recording the time when said person was within said proximity; generating a rounding report to monitor compliance with a rounding interval associated with said patient based on said recorded time. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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