Hygiene compliance reporting system

• US 8,598,996 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2013
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hill-Rom Services Incorporated (Baxter International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hill-Rom Services Incorporated (Baxter International Inc.)
• Inventors: Wildman, Timothy D., Gallant, Dennis J., Hausman, Phillip J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieu, Julie
• Application Number:
  US13/734,328
• Publication Number:
  US 20130120142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 340/286.09
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 2005/1218 Table mounted; Dispensers integrated with the mixing tap
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/245 Reminder of hygiene compliance policies, e.g. of washing hands
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/80 for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

A system and method is provided for monitoring hygiene compliance.

Claims

1. A hygiene compliance reporting system comprising

a first computer device having a display screen operable to display at least one hygiene compliance report,

a first set of sensors communicatively coupled to the first computer device and operable to provide to the first computer device location information regarding locations of a plurality of monitored caregivers within a facility, and

a second set of sensors communicatively coupled to the first computer device and operable to provide to the first computer device hygiene information from which the first computer device is able to determine whether compliance with a hygiene protocol has been met by each of the plurality of monitored caregivers, wherein the at least one hygiene compliance report is generated by the first computer device based on the location information and the hygiene information, wherein the first computer device signals the display screen to simultaneously display a running compliance rate and a floor layout of a facility.

2. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 1, wherein the at least one hygiene compliance report includes information regarding the number of visitations to at least one department of a facility by the plurality of monitored caregivers.

3. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 2, wherein the at least one department comprises at least one of a critical care unit (CCU), a Medical/Surgical (MedSurg) unit, and an intensive care unit (ICU).

4. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 3, wherein the hygiene compliance report includes percent compliance information indicative of the percentage of visitations for which the hygiene compliance protocol was met by the plurality of monitored caregivers within the at least one department.

5. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 1, wherein the at least one hygiene compliance report includes information regarding the number of visitations to a particular room by the plurality of monitored caregivers.

6. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 5, wherein the hygiene compliance report includes percent compliance information indicative of the percentage of visitations for which the hygiene compliance protocol was met by the plurality of monitored caregivers within the particular room.

7. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 1, wherein the at least one hygiene compliance report includes information regarding hygiene compliance percentage for particular types of the plurality of monitored caregivers.

8. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 7, wherein the particular types include at least one of nurses and physicians.

9. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 7, wherein the at least one hygiene compliance report further includes information regarding hygiene compliance percentage for visitors to the facility.

10. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 1, wherein the at least one hygiene compliance report includes information regarding hygiene compliance percentage for individually named caregivers of the plurality of monitored caregivers for all locations of the facility.

11. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 1, wherein the at least one hygiene compliance report includes information regarding hygiene compliance percentage for individually named caregivers of the plurality of monitored caregivers within each location of the facility.

12. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 11, wherein the at least one hygiene compliance report includes information regarding a date and time that each of the individually named caregivers was at each location and whether the hygiene protocol was met at each location at the indicated date and time.

13. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 1, wherein the at least one hygiene compliance report includes information regarding a compliance percentage total for all of the plurality of monitored caregivers at all locations within the facility.

14. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 1, further comprising badges worn by the plurality of monitored caregivers, the badges being operable to communicate with the first set of sensors.

15. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 1, wherein each sensor of the second set of sensors is associated with a respective sink.

16. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 1, wherein each sensor of the second set of sensors is associated with a respective faucet.

17. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 1, wherein each sensor of the second set of sensors is associated with a respective dispenser.

18. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 17, wherein at least one of the respective dispensers comprises a towelette dispenser.

19. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 17, wherein at least one of the respective dispensers comprises an alcohol dispenser.

20. The hygiene compliance reporting system of claim 17, wherein at least one of the respective dispensers dispenses a hand sanitizer substance.