VALIDATED HEALTHCARE CLEANING AND SANITIZING PRACTICES
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a server computer that receives collected data from a healthcare facility, the collected data based on monitored validation points within a plurality of validation processes for the healthcare facility;
a database coupled to the server computer that stores the collected data from the healthcare facility in association with hospital data that uniquely identifies the healthcare facility;
the database further storing module data that defines modules within the healthcare facility and process map data that defines at least one validation process for each module within the healthcare facility;
an analysis application resident on the server computer that analyzes the collected data and generates therefrom validation data indicative of cleanliness of the one or more healthcare facilities; and
a reporting application resident on the server computer that generates reports that characterize the cleanliness of the healthcare facility based on the collected data, the validation data, the hospital data and the module data.
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Abstract
A validated healthcare facility cleaning and sanitizing system provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to cleaning and sanitizing practices at a hospital or other healthcare facility. The validated hospital cleaning system identifies hospital vectors of contamination; that is, sources through which hospital acquired infections (HAIs) may be spread. The validated system defines a plurality of modules within a healthcare facility, each having an associated cleaning process map designed to meet the particular cleaning and/or sanitizing needs and challenges faced by that module. Various stages of the cleaning process map include validation points, at which certain parameters designed to ensure proper cleaning and/or sanitizing of the module are verified.
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22 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a server computer that receives collected data from a healthcare facility, the collected data based on monitored validation points within a plurality of validation processes for the healthcare facility; a database coupled to the server computer that stores the collected data from the healthcare facility in association with hospital data that uniquely identifies the healthcare facility;
the database further storing module data that defines modules within the healthcare facility and process map data that defines at least one validation process for each module within the healthcare facility;an analysis application resident on the server computer that analyzes the collected data and generates therefrom validation data indicative of cleanliness of the one or more healthcare facilities; and a reporting application resident on the server computer that generates reports that characterize the cleanliness of the healthcare facility based on the collected data, the validation data, the hospital data and the module data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 5. The system of claim 5, wherein at least one of the validation points comprises a target parameter specifying a minimum disinfectant concentration.
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13. A method comprising:
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identifying contamination vectors of hospital acquired infections within a healthcare facility; defining a plurality of modules within the healthcare facility, each module associated with a physical area within the healthcare facility or with a function performed within the healthcare facility; associating each of the plurality of modules with a different one of a plurality of cleaning process maps; monitoring validation points specified in one or more of the cleaning process maps; and verifying whether process parameters associated with each monitored validation point are satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that upon execution in a computer of a validated hospital cleaning processing system cause the computer to:
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receive collected data from a healthcare facility, the collected data based on monitored validation points within a plurality of validation processes for the healthcare facility; store the collected data from the healthcare facility in association with hospital data that uniquely identifies the healthcare facility; store module data that defines modules within the healthcare facility; store process map data that defines at least one validation process for each module within the healthcare facility; analyze the collected data with respect to the process map data and generate therefrom validation data indicative of cleanliness of the one or more healthcare facilities; and generate at least one report that characterizes the cleanliness of the healthcare facility based on the collected data, the validation data, the hospital data and the module data.
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