| 摘要 |
A patient monitoring system ( 8 ) monitors physiological functions of a plurality of patients ( 12 ). Each clinician ( 10 ) and each patient ( 12 ) has an associated identification device ( 20, 22 ), which each includes an identification code corresponding to respective clinician and patient. Each identification device ( 20, 22 ) includes a respective body-coupled communication device ( 24, 26 ) for communicating the identification code to a medical device ( 14 ). The clinician ( 10 ) activates the medical device ( 14 ) which includes a body-coupled communication device ( 40 ) including an ID reader ( 42 ). The ID reader ( 42 ) scans the area to detect whether the clinician identification is present. After the clinician's identification code is read, the medical device ( 14 ) is ready to take measurements. The clinician ( 10 ) takes the medical device ( 14 ) to the patient ( 12 ). The ID reader ( 42 ) scans the area to detect the patient identification code. The result of the measurement along with the patient identification code is stored in a medical device memory ( 56 ) and later transferred to a patient record in a hospital database ( 70 ).
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