Hand hygiene compliance
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1. A self-contained beacon for use in a hand hygiene compliance system to interface with a plurality of wearable monitors in the implementation of an automated hand hygiene compliance protocol, the beacon comprising:
- a mountable housing;
an integrated power source; and
a transmitter operatively coupled to the power source, the transmitter comprising two or more emitters operatively disposed and divergently angled relative to one another to emit respective transmission beams shaped to bisect a designated attendant travel path to intercept passage of the wearable monitors upon passage along the travel path, wherein the respective transmission beams are configured to overlap to form a combined transmission beam to be substantially uninterrupted at a level of the wearable monitor as the combined transmission beam bisects the path, the transmitter configured to transmit an encoded identifier via the two or more emitters to be received and processed by the wearable monitors upon passage along the travel path for implementation of the automated hand hygiene compliance protocol.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are different embodiments of a hand hygiene compliance system, beacon, wearable monitor and kit.
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1. A self-contained beacon for use in a hand hygiene compliance system to interface with a plurality of wearable monitors in the implementation of an automated hand hygiene compliance protocol, the beacon comprising:
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a mountable housing; an integrated power source; and a transmitter operatively coupled to the power source, the transmitter comprising two or more emitters operatively disposed and divergently angled relative to one another to emit respective transmission beams shaped to bisect a designated attendant travel path to intercept passage of the wearable monitors upon passage along the travel path, wherein the respective transmission beams are configured to overlap to form a combined transmission beam to be substantially uninterrupted at a level of the wearable monitor as the combined transmission beam bisects the path, the transmitter configured to transmit an encoded identifier via the two or more emitters to be received and processed by the wearable monitors upon passage along the travel path for implementation of the automated hand hygiene compliance protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A hand hygiene compliance system, comprising a plurality of self-contained beacons, each to interface with a plurality of wearable monitors in the implementation of an automated hand hygiene compliance protocol, each beacon comprising a mountable housing;
- an integrated power source; and
a transmitter operatively coupled to the power source, the transmitter comprising two or more emitters operatively disposed and divergently angled relative to one another to emit respective transmission beams shaped to bisect a designated attendant travel path to intercept passage of the wearable monitors upon passage along the travel path, wherein the respective transmission beams are configured to overlap to form a combined transmission beam, wherein the combined transmission beam is substantially uninterrupted at a level of the wearable monitors as the combined transmission beam bisects the travel path, the transmitter of each of the beacons being operable to transmit an encoded identifier via the two or more emitters to be received and processed by the wearable monitors upon passage along the travel path for implementation of the automated hand hygiene compliance protocol, wherein each of the beacons is independently operable from one another and thus selectively mountable or dismountable in adaptively reconfiguring the hand hygiene compliance system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A hand hygiene compliance kit comprising:
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at least one self-contained beacon to interface with a plurality of wearable monitors in the implementation of an automated hand hygiene compliance protocol, the at least one self-contained beacon including; a mountable housing; an integrated power source; at least one wearable monitor to be worn by an attendant in a facility, the monitor including a receiver to receive at least one encoded identifier from the self-contained beacon; and a transmitter operatively coupled to the power source, the transmitter comprising two or more emitters operatively disposed and divergently angled relative to one another to emit respective transmission beams shaped to bisect a designated attendant travel path to intercept passage of the wearable monitors upon passage along the travel path, wherein the respective transmission beams are configured to overlap to form a combined transmission beam to be substantially uninterrupted at a level of the wearable monitor as the combined transmission beam bisects the travel path, the transmitter configured to transmit an encoded identifier via the two or more emitters to be received and processed by the wearable monitors upon passage along the travel path for implementation of the automated hand hygiene compliance protocol.
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