Patent ID: 11862330
Assignee: TAGNOS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for employing a contact tracing system within a healthcare enterprise comprising:
tagging a person with a first RFID tag;
tagging a healthcare asset with at least a second and a third RFID tag;
placing a plurality of RFID readers within the healthcare enterprise, the readers configured to cooperate (a) with the first RFID tag to send to the contact tracing system a location and identification information of the person, and (b) with the second or third RFID tag to send to the contact tracing system location and identification information of the healthcare asset;
correlating a physical proximity of the first and second or third RFID tags creates a relative proximity check; and
sending a first contact tracing message to a first staff member of the healthcare enterprise based upon the relative proximity check.