Multi-Station System for Pressure Ulcer Monitoring and Analysis

摘要

A multi-patient pressure monitoring system for monitoring, prevention, and analysis of pressure ulcers. The system includes a server, monitoring stations, and mobile communication terminals. Each of the monitoring stations are configured to detect physical properties including at one of pressure, temperature, and moisture, in relation to a respective contact surface. The server includes a controller configured for: receiving inputs including the detected physical properties from the monitoring stations, determining a risk value at each monitoring station using the risk assessment model based on the received inputs and patient information, determining a priority of each monitoring station in dependence of the determined risk value, and communicating the determined priority of the stations to an output interface. The server can track and correlate radio frequency identification (RFID) activation between the mobile communication terminal and one of the stations, the time of the proximity being associated with the patient turn at the station.

主权项

1. A monitoring station for monitoring pressure at a contact surface, comprising:
a plurality of sensors for detecting physical properties of the contact surface, the sensors including at least one of pressure sensors, temperature sensors, and moisture sensors; a communication subsystem for communicating with a server device over a network; a controller operably connected to the sensors and for communicating information through the communication subsystem to the server device based on the physical properties detected by the sensors; and a short-range communication device operably connected to the controller and which contains at least identification information of the monitoring station, the identification information automatically being sent to a mobile communication terminal in response to proximity detection of the mobile communication terminal, wherein the proximity detection only occurs in association with performance of a specified action to reduce the cumulative pressure at the station.