SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HOSPITAL WORKFLOW COMPLIANCE WITH A HAND HYGIENE NETWORK

摘要

A system and method for monitoring compliance with a plurality of workflow procedures in a hospital or other health care facility using a hand hygiene compliance system (HHC). A control unit of a HHC gathers data based upon the presence, identification, and movement of a plurality of assets, including persons, equipment, or supplies, each having wearable detectable tags, such as RFID tags, and communicates that data to a local or remote server. The server is programmed to monitor or cause compliance with hospital workflow procedures relevant to the communicated data, such as rounding requirements and proper use of equipment, or may generate alarms or notifications where a workflow procedure has not been followed.

主权项

1. A hand hygiene compliance system for use in a facility, the hand hygiene compliance system comprising:
a plurality of wearable badges, each of the wearable badges associated with an asset; a plurality of control units deployed throughout the facility, each of the control units located in proximity to a handwashing station and further comprising a first feedback device, a tag radio and a main radio, the tag radio comprising a first antenna to detect, over a first communications channel, a wireless transmission from at least one of the wearable badges each time the at least one of the wearable badges enters an area of the facility in which one of the control units is located and determine, based upon a signal strength indicator associated with the wireless transmission, whether the at least one of the wearable badges is within a predetermined proximity of the control unit located in the area, the main radio in communication with the tag radio and further comprising a second antenna to communicate over a communications network via a second communications channel; a server in communication with each of the plurality of control units via the communication network, the server operable to receive from the main radio event data relating to the at least one of the wearable badges that the tag radio determines is within the predetermined proximity of the control unit located in the area; and a second feedback device; wherein the server is operable to perform at least one of the following actions: (a) generating a report of compliance with a non-hand hygiene related procedure based at least in part on the event data in response to a query by a user and displaying the report on the second feedback device; (b) selecting at least one hospital procedure relevant to the event data and providing workflow instructions to a person performing the at least one hospital procedure; or (c) generating a notification regarding compliance with the non-hand hygiene related procedure in response at least in part to the event data.