HAND HYGIENE NETWORK SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing hygiene within a patient zone of a health care facility, comprising:
- a mechanical connector having two ends;
a dispenser of a cleaning medium attached to an end of said connector; and
means for suspending the other end of said connector from a surface of the facility that is proximate to the patient;
wherein said dispenser is vertically suspended within the patient zone.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
In a health care facility, within the immediate patient care zone, a method of providing a networked system for hand hygiene. At least one (1) health care worker (HCW) has the means to perform at least one (1) event of the “World Health Organization'"'"'s (WHO) 5 Moments Hand Hygiene” protocol events utilizing a movable hand hygiene dispenser and/or fixedly mounted hand hygiene dispenser positioned within the patient care zone. The HCW'"'"'s “WHO'"'"'S Hand Hygiene” events are monitored by a wireless network of transceivers, located within the patient care zone, which can communicate information between one another and/or to the health care facility'"'"'s computer memory and processing center for the purposes of HCW'"'"'s alerts, process steps, evaluation, reporting, etc., of the HCW'"'"'s hand hygiene event activity and his/her compliance relative to the “WHO'"'"'S 5 Moments Hand Hygiene” events protocol.
-
Citations
131 Claims
-
1. An apparatus for providing hygiene within a patient zone of a health care facility, comprising:
-
a mechanical connector having two ends; a dispenser of a cleaning medium attached to an end of said connector; and means for suspending the other end of said connector from a surface of the facility that is proximate to the patient; wherein said dispenser is vertically suspended within the patient zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7)
-
-
5. (canceled)
-
8. (canceled)
-
9. (canceled)
-
10. (canceled)
-
11. (canceled)
-
12. (canceled)
-
13. (canceled)
-
14. (canceled)
-
15. (canceled)
-
16. (canceled)
-
17. (canceled)
-
18. (canceled)
-
19. (canceled)
-
20. (canceled)
-
21. (canceled)
-
22. (canceled)
-
23. (canceled)
-
24. (canceled)
-
25. (canceled)
-
26. (canceled)
-
27. (canceled)
-
28. (canceled)
-
29. (canceled)
-
30. (canceled)
-
31. (canceled)
-
32. (canceled)
-
33. (canceled)
-
34. (canceled)
-
35. (canceled)
-
36. (canceled)
-
37. (canceled)
-
38. (canceled)
-
39. (canceled)
-
40. (canceled)
-
41. (canceled)
-
42. (canceled)
-
43. (canceled)
-
44. (canceled)
-
45. (canceled)
-
46. (canceled)
-
47. (canceled)
-
48. (canceled)
-
49. (canceled)
-
50. (canceled)
-
51. (canceled)
-
52. (canceled)
-
53. (canceled)
-
54. (canceled)
-
55. (canceled)
-
56. (canceled)
-
57. (canceled)
-
58. (canceled)
-
59. (canceled)
-
60. (canceled)
-
61. (canceled)
-
62. (canceled)
-
63. (canceled)
-
64. (canceled)
-
65. An apparatus for providing hygiene to a health care worker within a patient zone of a health care facility, comprising:
-
a source of a cleaning medium; a dispenser in fluid communication with said source and located within the patient zone, said dispenser including a dispensing nozzle; and a plurality of marked actuators on said dispenser, said dispenser providing a quantity of the medium from said nozzle in response to actuation of any said actuator by the worker; wherein each said actuator is marked differently than each other said actuator and each marking pertains to a different action by the worker chosen from a plurality of predetermined actions by the worker within the zone. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 73)
-
-
69. (canceled)
-
70. (canceled)
-
71. (canceled)
-
72. (canceled)
-
74. A method for providing hygiene to a health care worker in a patient zone of a health care facility, comprising:
-
providing a computer and an electronic dispenser of a cleaning medium, the dispenser being located in the patient zone and having a plurality of actuators, each actuator having an annunciator, the computer being in electrical communication with the dispenser; programming the computer with a list of predetermined actions, each action involving both the patient zone and the health care worker; identifying each actuator with a different action chosen from the plurality of predetermined actions; triggering the annunciator of at least one actuator by the computer; and turning off the one annunciator in response to actuating the annunciated actuator. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 91, 92, 93, 97)
-
-
75. (canceled)
-
76. (canceled)
-
77. (canceled)
-
78. (canceled)
-
79. (canceled)
-
82. (canceled)
-
87. (canceled)
-
88. (canceled)
-
90. (canceled)
-
94. (canceled)
-
95. (canceled)
-
96. (canceled)
-
98. (canceled)
-
99. (canceled)
-
100. (canceled)
-
101. (canceled)
-
102. (canceled)
-
103. (canceled)
-
104. (canceled)
-
105. (canceled)
-
106. (canceled)
-
107. (canceled)
-
108. (canceled)
-
109. (canceled)
-
110. (canceled)
-
111. (canceled)
-
112. (canceled)
-
113. (canceled)
-
114. (canceled)
-
115. (canceled)
-
116. (canceled)
-
117. (canceled)
-
118. (canceled)
-
119. (canceled)
-
120. (canceled)
-
121. (canceled)
-
122. (canceled)
-
123. (canceled)
-
124. (canceled)
-
125. (canceled)
-
126. (canceled)
-
127. (canceled)
-
128. (canceled)
-
129. (canceled)
-
130. (canceled)
-
131. (canceled)
Specification