HAND HYGIENE SYSTEM
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1. A hand hygiene monitoring system, comprising:
- a wearable device coupled to a user;
a beacon associated with a hand hygiene station and configured to communicate with the wearable device;
wherein the wearable device is configured to;
initiate monitoring for a hand hygiene operation based on determining the wearable device is located within a predetermined distance from the beacon; and
monitor one or more hand hygiene parameters associated with the hand hygiene operation, the one or more hand hygiene parameters associated with a quality level of the hand hygiene operation performed by the user.
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Abstract
A hand hygiene monitoring system is provided. The hand hygiene monitoring system includes a wearable device coupled to a user, and a beacon associated with a hand hygiene station and configured to communicate with the wearable device. The wearable device is configured to initiate monitoring for a hand hygiene operation based on determining the wearable device is located within a predetermined distance from the beacon, and monitor hand hygiene parameters associated with the hand hygiene operation. The hand hygiene parameters are associated with a quality level of the hand hygiene operation performed by the user.
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1. A hand hygiene monitoring system, comprising:
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a wearable device coupled to a user; a beacon associated with a hand hygiene station and configured to communicate with the wearable device; wherein the wearable device is configured to; initiate monitoring for a hand hygiene operation based on determining the wearable device is located within a predetermined distance from the beacon; and monitor one or more hand hygiene parameters associated with the hand hygiene operation, the one or more hand hygiene parameters associated with a quality level of the hand hygiene operation performed by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of provisioning a wearable device in a hand hygiene compliance system, comprising:
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receiving, by a hand hygiene compliance system gateway device, a user input from one of a plurality of users; selecting, by the hand hygiene compliance system gateway device, a selected wearable device from a plurality of wearable devices based on the user input; transmitting, by the hand hygiene compliance system gateway device, a signal to the selected wearable device to perform a selection indication action; and associating, by the hand hygiene compliance system gateway device, the one of the plurality of users with the selected wearable device; wherein the wearable device is configured to monitor one or more hand hygiene parameters associated with a hand hygiene operation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A monitoring system, comprising:
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a wearable device coupled to a user; and a beacon provided within a space and configured to communicate with the wearable device; wherein the wearable device is configured to monitor for a hand movement operation when the wearable device is determined to be located within a predetermined distance from the beacon, and further configured to monitor one or more hand movement parameters associated with the hand movement operation, the one or more hand movement parameters associated with a quality level of the hand movement operation performed by the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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