INFECTIOUS DISEASE WARNING SYSTEM WITH SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FEATURES

摘要

A device adapted to be located at the entry of a patient room in an institution which detects a person approaching entry to or exit from the room and emits a simulated voice warning of any disease, medical condition, or type of isolation selected by an authorized person for the room, including an identification module which in some embodiments has one or more cameras, an identification badge reader, and/or a facial recognition module. The identification module may record persons entering as well as exiting a patient room. The device may also include means to determine compliance with apparel requirements for the room and may include means to simulate voice warnings such as “wash hands,” “wear gown,” “wear gloves,” “wear mask,” “dispose of gown,” and/or “wash hands after removing protective clothing.”

主权项

1. A system comprising a device adapted to be located at the entry of a patient room in an institution, the device comprising: (a) a processor, (b) memory, (c) a voice generation system, (d) a set of programming instructions stored in the memory or processor, the programming instructions functioning to allow an authorized user to select one or more pre-programmed simulated voice warnings and/or one or more diseases, medical conditions, or types of isolation which corresponds to a pre-programmed simulated voice warning; (e) one or more detectors adapted to detect a person approaching the entry of the patient room or to detect a person leaving a patient room; and (f) an identification module, the identification module adapted to identify a person entering and/or leaving the patient room; the device adapted to emit the selected simulated voice warning(s) when entry of the room where the device is located is detected by the one or more room entry detectors, the one or more simulated voice warnings corresponding to the selected disease, medical condition, or type of isolation selected by the authorized user; and to identify a person entering and/or leaving the patient room.