Patent ID: 9396638
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A47K,G08B,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising locating and tracking equipment to track the whereabouts of caregivers in a healthcare facility, the locating and tracking equipment including a plurality of badges, each badge being transported by an associated caregiver in the healthcare facility, each badge being operable to transmit badge information, a plurality of handwashing equipment sensors, each handwashing equipment sensor of the plurality of handwashing equipment sensors being associated with respective handwashing equipment, each handwashing equipment sensor being operable to transmit handwashing information, at least one remote computer device configured to receive the badge information and the handwashing information, the at least one remote computer device operating to determine compliance with a handwashing protocol of the healthcare facility based on the badge information and the handwashing information, the at least one remote computer device also receiving from the handwashing equipment data regarding a maintenance status of the handwashing equipment, and a plurality of indicators, each indicator being located in a respective room of the healthcare facility in which the handwashing equipment is located and spaced from the plurality of badges, each indicator being operable to display textual messages regarding compliance with the handwashing protocol in response to at least one signal sent from the at least one remote computer device which is located remotely from the handwashing equipment.