Sanitization Compliance Monitoring System
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1. A hygiene system comprising:
- a patient bed having a detector for detecting the presence of a patient within the bed;
a bed beacon associated with a patient'"'"'s bed in a health care facility, the bed beacon periodically transmitting a beacon signal during times when the patient'"'"'s bed detector detects the presence of a patient within the bed using an antenna having a characteristic which changes depending on whether a patient is detected within the bed;
a user badge wearable by a healthcare worker which has at least two logic states, and which changes state from a first state indicating a hygiene compliance to a second state indicating patient exposure in response to the healthcare worker coming within a certain proximity of the bed beacon and detecting the beacon signal indicating the presence of a patient within the bed.
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Abstract
A sanitization compliance monitoring system comprises care giver badges, patient bed beacons associated with patient beds, dispenser beacons associated with sanitization dispensers, and a central unit for wirelessly communicating with the badges.
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1. A hygiene system comprising:
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a patient bed having a detector for detecting the presence of a patient within the bed; a bed beacon associated with a patient'"'"'s bed in a health care facility, the bed beacon periodically transmitting a beacon signal during times when the patient'"'"'s bed detector detects the presence of a patient within the bed using an antenna having a characteristic which changes depending on whether a patient is detected within the bed; a user badge wearable by a healthcare worker which has at least two logic states, and which changes state from a first state indicating a hygiene compliance to a second state indicating patient exposure in response to the healthcare worker coming within a certain proximity of the bed beacon and detecting the beacon signal indicating the presence of a patient within the bed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A hygiene dispenser system, comprising:
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a dispenser for dispensing hygiene product; a user badge wearable by a healthcare worker, said badge transmitting a signal; a beacon which detects the signal transmitted by the user badge; wherein the dispenser detects the presence of a user'"'"'s hands, and produces an activation signal, and determines whether the beacon has detected a signal transmitted by a user badge and in response dispenses hygiene product, but wherein the dispenser will inhibit dispensing of hygiene product if the beacon has not detected a signal transmitted by a user badge.
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8. A hygiene system, comprising:
a detector for detecting moisture in a patient bed in a healthcare facility due to a patient soiling the bed with waste matter, said detector including an antenna whose resonant frequency characteristic changes due to the presence of waste matter due to detuning of the antenna and for producing a bed soiled condition signal in response to said detection. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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