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Disease Mapping and Infection Control System and Method

  • US 20140167917A2
  • Filed: 12/08/2009
  • Published: 06/19/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for disease vector transmission measurement and infection control characterized in that it comprises the steps of:

  • (a) utilizing an entity infection tracking system to track the movement, of one or more entities within a geographic area, said entity infection tracking system including a tracking means that utilizes one or more location-aware devices, said tracking means being operable to generate and transfer data pertaining to the one or more entities, as is recognized by the location-aware devices, to the tracking means that is linked to the entity infection tracking system and is operable to generate tracking data by at least one of the following further steps;

    (i) utilizing the tracking means to track the one or more entities within a defined area and utilizing the tracking means data to produce or calculate entity tracking data;

    (ii) recording locations and movement of the one or more entities within the geographic area;

    (iii) recognizing direct contact and indirect contact between the one or more entities and storing this as contact data;

    (b) transferring the tracking data to the entity infection tracking system and integrating the tracking data with additional data pertaining to infection or suspicion of infection of at least one of the one or more entities to generate potential infection data;

    (c) ascertaining the risk of infection pertaining to one or more of the one or more entities by analyzing the risk of infection of the one or more entities with regards to direct or indirect interaction with the one or more entities that are identified as potentially infected entities to generate infection data;

    (d) linking at least the tracking data, the potential infection data and the infection data and utilizing the linked data to analyze the potential spread of infection, and the risk of infection relating to the one or more entities as at least one of the following;

    entity infection status;

    entity risk of infection;

    entity location;

    entity direct or indirect contact or interaction with other of the one or more entities; and

    (e) generating one or more communications or reports for at least one of the following;

    risk of infection;

    potential infection spread;

    or one or more potential sources of infection.

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