METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENCOURAGING AND ENFORCING HAND HYGIENE
First Claim
1. A lightweight, wearable device for monitoring an instance and a duration of hand-washing activity, the device comprising:
- a radio frequency identification tag reader;
an external communication device that is structured and arranged to communicate with a remote server;
an alarm device that is adapted to generate at least one of a visual, an audible, and a haptic signal;
at least one data storing device for storing data and at least one of an application, an algorithm, and a driver program having multi-dimensional movement and acceleration data representative of hand-washing activity;
an accelerometer that is structured and arranged to measure multi-dimensional movement and acceleration of the device; and
a processing device that is in communication with the radio frequency identification tag reader, the external communication device, the alarm device, the at least one data storing device, and the accelerometer, the processing device being adapted to call and execute an appropriate at least one application, algorithm, and driver program that uses measured multi-dimensional movement and acceleration data to evaluate hand-washing activity.
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Abstract
A method of and system for monitoring an instance and a duration of hand-washing activity using a lightweight, wearable device including a radio frequency identification tag reader; an external communication device; an alarm device that is adapted to generate at least one of a visual, an audible, and a haptic signal; data storing device(s) having multi-dimensional movement, acceleration, and/or moment data representative of hand-washing activity; an accelerometer to measure multi-dimensional movement and acceleration of the device; a gyroscope to measure multi-dimensional movement and moment of the device; and a processing device that uses measured multi-dimensional movement, acceleration, and/or moment data to evaluate hand-washing activity by determining when hand-washing activity has begun and ended and by comparing the duration of hand-washing activity to a pre-determined minimum hand-washing requirement, to determine whether or not said hand-washing activity complies with the minimum hand-washing requirements.
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1. A lightweight, wearable device for monitoring an instance and a duration of hand-washing activity, the device comprising:
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a radio frequency identification tag reader; an external communication device that is structured and arranged to communicate with a remote server; an alarm device that is adapted to generate at least one of a visual, an audible, and a haptic signal; at least one data storing device for storing data and at least one of an application, an algorithm, and a driver program having multi-dimensional movement and acceleration data representative of hand-washing activity; an accelerometer that is structured and arranged to measure multi-dimensional movement and acceleration of the device; and a processing device that is in communication with the radio frequency identification tag reader, the external communication device, the alarm device, the at least one data storing device, and the accelerometer, the processing device being adapted to call and execute an appropriate at least one application, algorithm, and driver program that uses measured multi-dimensional movement and acceleration data to evaluate hand-washing activity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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9. A system for monitoring an instance and a duration of hand-washing activity, the system comprising:
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a lightweight, wearable device for monitoring an instance and a duration of a hand-washing activity, the device including a radio frequency identification tag reader;
an external communication device that is structured and arranged to communicate with a remote server;
an alarm device that is adapted to generate at least one of a visual, an audible, and a haptic signal;
at least one data storing device for storing data and at least one of an application, algorithm, and driver program having multi-dimensional movement and acceleration data representative of hand-washing activity;
an accelerometer that is structured and arranged to measure multi-dimensional movement and acceleration of the device; and
a first processing device that is in communication with the radio frequency identification tag reader, the external communication device, the alarm device, the at least one data storing device, and the accelerometer, the processing device being adapted to call and execute an appropriate at least one application, algorithm, and driver program that uses measured multi-dimensional movement and acceleration data to evaluate hand-washing activity;a plurality of dispensers for dispensing a hand-washing agent, each of the plurality of dispensers having a unique passive radio frequency tag, each unique tag adapted to communicate with the radio frequency identification tag reader; a plurality of directionally-controlled tags disposed on at least one of a zone, a room, a means of access and egress, and a passageway, each of the plurality of directionally-controlled tags adapted to communicate with the processing device of the wearable device; a plurality of unique passive radio frequency tags, each of which is affixed to a medical supply, medical device, or fixture within a medical care facility, each unique tag adapted to communicate with the radio frequency identification tag reader; and a second processing device that is in communication with a data storing device, the second processing device being adapted to call and to execute at least one application, algorithm, and driver program that is capable of at least one of; charging the wearable device, initiating remote diagnostics of the wearable device, uploading collected data from the first processing device to a remote, cloud-based server, and downloading remote software and firmware updates onto the first processing device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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