Infectious disease spread prevention
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1. A method of monitoring neonatal incubator hygiene, the method comprising:
- continuously monitoring a current hygiene level of a plurality of caregivers by detecting, per each one of said caregivers, a plurality of personal hygiene events held during a monitoring period;
identifying a care giving event every time one of said plurality of caregivers is proximate to one of a plurality of neonatal incubators; and
generating an alert based on;
(a) said current hygiene level when said care giving event is identified;
(b) for a certain one of the caregivers, no detection of a personal hygiene event between two identifications of care giving events of two different ones of the neonatal incubators.
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A method of monitoring neonatal incubator hygiene. The method comprises continuously monitoring a current hygiene level of a plurality of caregivers by detecting, per the caregiver, a plurality of personal hygiene events held during a monitoring period, identifying a care giving event during which a first of the plurality of caregivers is proximate to a preborn chamber of first of plurality of neonatal incubators, and generating an alert based on the current hygiene level when the care giving event is identified.
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1. A method of monitoring neonatal incubator hygiene, the method comprising:
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continuously monitoring a current hygiene level of a plurality of caregivers by detecting, per each one of said caregivers, a plurality of personal hygiene events held during a monitoring period; identifying a care giving event every time one of said plurality of caregivers is proximate to one of a plurality of neonatal incubators; and generating an alert based on; (a) said current hygiene level when said care giving event is identified; (b) for a certain one of the caregivers, no detection of a personal hygiene event between two identifications of care giving events of two different ones of the neonatal incubators. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for monitoring neonatal incubator hygiene in a ward, the system comprising:
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a plurality of hygiene monitors configured to monitor continuously a current hygiene level of a plurality of caregivers by detecting a plurality of personal hygiene events related to said plurality of caregivers; a plurality of neonatal incubator sensors each configured to identify a care giving event every time one of said plurality of caregivers is proximate to one of a plurality of neonatal incubators; and a central unit configured to receive data from said plurality of hygiene monitors and said plurality of neonatal incubator sensors, to generate an alert if said current hygiene level is below a threshold when a respective said care giving event is identified, and if, for a certain one of the caregivers, no personal hygiene event is identified between two identifications of care giving events of two different ones of the neonatal incubators. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for monitoring neonatal incubator hygiene in a neonatal incubator, comprising:
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a usage monitor configured to detect usage in a personal hygiene device by a caregiver; a neonatal incubator sensor configured to identify a care giving event during which a caregiver is proximate to a neonatal incubator; and a controller configured to receive data from said usage monitor and said neonatal incubator sensor to generate an alert according to; (a) a match between said usage and said care giving event, and (b) a determination that no usage of the personal hygiene device by the caregiver is detected before identification of care giving event of the neonatal incubator and after another care giving event of another neonatal incubator. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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