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.
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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.
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131 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing hygiene within a patient zone of a health care facility, comprising:
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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, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 50)
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38. A method for providing hygiene to a health care worker in a patient zone of a health care facility, comprising:
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providing a computer and a dispenser of a cleaning medium, the dispenser having a plurality of actuators, the computer being in electrical communication with the dispenser; identifying each actuator with a different action chosen from a plurality of actions involving both the patient zone and the health care worker; dispensing an amount of the medium in response to actuating of an actuator by the health care worker; and reporting the identity of each said actuating to the computer. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. An apparatus for providing hygiene to a health care worker within a patient zone of a health care facility, comprising:
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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, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A method for providing hygiene to a health care worker in a patient zone of a health care facility, comprising:
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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 (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98)
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99. A method for providing hygiene to a health care worker in a patient zone of a health care facility, comprising:
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providing an electronic recording device and a dispenser of a cleaning medium, the dispenser being located in the patient zone and having at least one actuator, the dispenser having a display, the recording device being in electrical communication with the dispenser; displaying with the display a plurality of predetermined actions, each action involving both the patient zone and the health care worker; actuating the actuator to dispense the medium; and preparing a data record of said actuating. - View Dependent Claims (100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126)
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127. An apparatus for providing hygiene to a health care worker within a patient zone of a health care facility, comprising:
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means for dispensing a cleaning medium; means for suspending said dispensing means; means for identifying said dispensing means; and means for recording compliance of the usage of said dispensing medium. - View Dependent Claims (128, 129, 130, 131)
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