Hand hygiene compliance monitoring system
First Claim
1. A system for performing sanitation compliance monitoring, the system comprising:
- a first device in communication with a database;
one or more second devices in communication with the database;
a target zone defined by a first area over which a mobile device worn by a health care worker and the first device communicate; and
one or more sanitation zones each defined by a second area over which the mobile device worn by the health care worker and one of the second devices communicate, wherein (a) at least one of the one or more sanitation zones is an approved sanitation zone for the target zone, (b) compliance with a sanitation protocol associated with the target zone is based at least in part on use of the approved sanitation zone by the health care worker, and (c) use of a sanitation zone other than the approved sanitation zone is not in compliance with the sanitation protocol.
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Abstract
A hand hygiene compliance monitoring system includes a method and computer program product for performing sanitation compliance monitoring including receiving sanitation compliance data. The sanitation compliance data includes a zone identifier corresponding to a first device in a zone and an entity identifier corresponding to a second device attached to a mobile entity in the zone. The zone is defined by an area over which the first device and the second device communicate via one-way or two-way communication. It is determined whether the entity is compliant with a sanitation protocol associated with the zone, and a database is updated with results of the determining.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for performing sanitation compliance monitoring, the system comprising:
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a first device in communication with a database; one or more second devices in communication with the database; a target zone defined by a first area over which a mobile device worn by a health care worker and the first device communicate; and one or more sanitation zones each defined by a second area over which the mobile device worn by the health care worker and one of the second devices communicate, wherein (a) at least one of the one or more sanitation zones is an approved sanitation zone for the target zone, (b) compliance with a sanitation protocol associated with the target zone is based at least in part on use of the approved sanitation zone by the health care worker, and (c) use of a sanitation zone other than the approved sanitation zone is not in compliance with the sanitation protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for performing sanitation compliance monitoring, the method comprising:
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receiving a notification at a circuit in a mobile entity identification (ID) tag associated with a healthcare worker that a zone ID tag has been detected, the zone ID tag corresponding to a target zone and having a unique zone identifier, wherein (a) the target zone is associated with at least one approved sanitation zone, (b) compliance with a sanitation protocol associated with the target zone is based at least in part on use of the approved sanitation zone by the health care worker, and (c) use of a sanitation zone other than the approved sanitation zone is not in compliance with the sanitation protocol; determining, in response to the receiving and based on information stored in a database on the mobile entity ID tag, if the healthcare worker is in compliance with the sanitation protocol associated with the target zone; and in response to the determining, providing a communication, by the mobile entity ID tag indicating the results of the determining. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for performing sanitation compliance monitoring, the method comprising:
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receiving a notification at a circuit in a mobile entity identification (ID) tag associated with a healthcare worker that a zone ID tag has been detected, the zone ID tag corresponding to a target zone and having a unique zone identifier; determining whether the target zone is an active target zone or an inactive target zone based at least in part on the notification; in response to determining that the target zone is an active target zone, storing, in a database on the mobile entity ID tag, the unique zone identifier corresponding to the zone ID tag; in response to determining that the target zone is an inactive target zone, not storing the unique zone identifier corresponding to the zone ID tag in the database; and periodically transmitting contents of the database to a central computer, wherein (a) the target zone is associated with at least one approved sanitation zone, (b) compliance with a sanitation protocol associated with the target zone is based at least in part on use of the approved sanitation zone by the health care worker, and (c) use of a sanitation zone other than the approved sanitation zone is not in compliance with the sanitation protocol. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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