Hygiene monitoring system
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1. A method of monitoring hygiene compliance, comprising:
- determining whether a person has encountered a monitored piece of moveable equipment; and
updating status information associated with the person to indicate that the person is contaminated in response to the determining step determining that the person has encountered the monitored piece of moveable equipment.
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Abstract
A method is provided for monitoring hygiene compliance.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring hygiene compliance, comprising:
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determining whether a person has encountered a monitored piece of moveable equipment; and updating status information associated with the person to indicate that the person is contaminated in response to the determining step determining that the person has encountered the monitored piece of moveable equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of monitoring hygiene compliance, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring a person; monitoring an object; associating a status with the person, the status being one of contaminated and non-contaminated; and associating a status with the object, the status being one of contaminated and non-contaminated;
the status of the object being switchable between contaminated and non-contaminated. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of monitoring hygiene compliance, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring a non-person object; establishing at least one contamination zone; and updating status information associated with the non-person object to indicate that the non-person object is contaminated in response to the monitoring step determining that the non-person object is in a contamination zone. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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13. A method of monitoring hygiene compliance, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring an object; establishing at least one contamination zone; updating status information associated with the object to indicate that the inanimate object is contaminated in response to the monitoring step determining that the object is in a contamination zone; and updating status information associated with the object to indicate that the object is contaminated in response to the monitoring step determining that the object has encountered a person who is associated with a status of contaminated.
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15. A method of monitoring hygiene compliance for a plurality of items including at least one of persons and objects, the method comprising:
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tracking a first item; establishing at least one contamination zone; updating status information associated with the first item if the first item enters a contamination zone such that the first item is associated with being contaminated; updating status information associated with a second item if the second item enters a zone proximate the first item that is associated with being contaminated such that the second item is associated with being contaminated; and updating status information associated with the first item when the first item is subjected to a decontamination process such that the first item is associated with being non-contaminated. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of monitoring hygiene compliance for a plurality of items including at least one of persons and objects, the method comprising:
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tracking a first item; tracking a second item; assigning a status to the first item indicating whether the first item is one of contaminated and non-contaminated; and assigning a status to the second item indicating whether the second item is one of contaminated and non-contaminated, wherein if the first item encounters the second item and one of the first and second items is assigned a status of contaminated, then the other of the first and second items is also assigned a status of contaminated. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. The method of monitoring hygiene compliance in items including at least one of persons and objects including the steps of:
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establishing at least one contamination zone; tracking a plurality of items; associating a first item with a status of contaminated when the first item enters a contamination zone; and associating a second item with a status of contaminated when the second item encounters the first item and the first item is associated with the status of contaminated during the encounter. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A method of monitoring hygiene compliance in items including at least one of persons and objects including the steps of:
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tracking a plurality of items; associating a first item with a second item; associating a third item with the second item; and logging a violation unless the second item is decontaminated before being associated with the third item. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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