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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2018
Cerner Innovation, Inc., Kansas City, KS (US);
Neil Kusens, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
CERNER INNOVATION, INC., Kansas City, KS (US);
Abstract
A system and method for caregivers, central monitoring companies and other persons to monitor whether individuals entering patients' rooms take appropriate steps to mitigate the spread of healthcare associated infections to the patients receiving healthcare services. Though data from one or more of 3D Motion and Sound Sensors, individuals within a room may be tracked within a virtual zone, and the virtual zone may be shift based on the location of the person. It may be determined whether an individual within the virtual zone washed or sanitized his or her hands prior to entering the room or the virtual zone and may notify caregivers or other persons of individuals approaching the virtual zone in general or without completing a health-care associated infection mitigation action.