Hygiene compliance system and method

摘要

A hygiene compliance system comprising personnel tags each having a respective status indicator that may be set to a first value indicating hygiene compliance or to a second value indicating hygiene non-compliance. Monitors for target zones, e.g. patients' beds, detect the presence of the personnel tags at the target zone. Monitors for hygiene stations, e.g. washbasins, detect the presence of the tags at the hygiene stations. When the hygiene station monitor detects that a hygiene station has been used, the respective tag is set to the first value. The target zone monitor checks the status of tags detected in its target zone and may issue a warning if the status indicates hygiene non-compliance. When the person leaves the target zone, the target zone monitor changes the respective tag's status to the second value.

主权项

1. A hygiene compliance system comprising:
at least one personnel tag for carrying by a respective person, said at least one personnel tag being associated with a respective status indicator that is settable to a first value indicating hygiene compliance or to a second value indicating hygiene non-compliance, at least one target zone monitoring apparatus for monitoring a respective target zone, said at least one target zone monitoring apparatus including at least one sensor for detecting said at least one personnel tag at the respective target zone, at least one hygiene station monitoring apparatus for monitoring a respective hygiene station, and wherein a respective hygiene compliance record is stored for said at least one personnel tag, and wherein, upon determining that the respective hygiene station has been used, said at least one hygiene station monitoring apparatus is configured to cause the respective status indicator of the at least one personnel tag to be set to said first value, and wherein, upon detecting any one of said at least one personnel tag at said respective target zone, said target zone monitoring apparatus is configured to determine a value of the respective status indicator without changing the value of the respective status indicator, and to cause the determined value to be recorded in the respective hygiene compliance record for detected personnel tag, and wherein, upon determining that any one of the at least one personnel tag has left the respective target zone, the system is configured to cause the respective status indicator to be set to said second value.