Stephen R Lane

US Patent:

6975231, Dec 13, 2005

Filed:

Jan 23, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/052354

Inventors:

Stephen Lane - McLean VA, US
Kevin Strauss - McLean VA, US
Mary Coyne - McLean VA, US

Assignee:

Amron Corporation - McLean VA

International Classification:

G08B023/00

US Classification:

3405731, 340539, 340545, 340691, 340603

Abstract:

A method and apparatus that systematically prompts staff, patients and visitors at care facilities to perform handwashing at critical time periods, for example after touching a toilet flush handle or upon entering or leaving a patient's room. A plurality of detectors are used to sense whether a person has entered an area and to determine whether the person has cleansed their hands within a predetermined period of time before entering the area or leaving the area. If it is determined that the person has cleansed their hands within the predetermined period of time, no prompting message is generated. If it is determined that the person has not cleansed their hands within the predetermined period of time, an audio/visual warning message is generated.

US Patent:

7372367, May 13, 2008

Filed:

Jun 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/169746

Inventors:

Stephen Lane - McLean VA, US
Kevin Strauss - McLean VA, US
Mary Coyne - McLean VA, US

Assignee:

AMRON Corporation - McLean VA

International Classification:

G08B 23/00

US Classification:

3405731, 3405453, 3406916

Abstract:

A method of measuring hand hygiene compliance includes the steps of maintaining a computer database, and determining whether any person entered a first area independent of whether the any person includes a sensor. The method also includes the steps of determining whether the any person left the first area and entered a second area, and determining whether the any person performed hand hygiene before leaving the first area. Moreover, the method includes the step of sending information associated with whether the any person performed hand hygiene before leaving the first area to the computer database.

US Patent:

20060154222, Jul 13, 2006

Filed:

Jan 6, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/326578

Inventors:

Stephen Lane - McLean VA, US
Kevin Strauss - Columbia MD, US

International Classification:

G09B 23/28

US Classification:

434262000

Abstract:

A method for automatically playing and/or displaying audio and/or visual messages reminding persons to engage in a particular activity or to refrain from engaging in the particular activity includes the steps of at a health care facility, selecting a first audio/visual message associated with the particular activity, and at the health care facility, selecting a second audio/visual message associated with the particular activity, which is different than the first audio/visual message. The method also includes the step of at the health care facility, playing/displaying the first audio/video message during a first period of time to a person in a particular area independent of an activity of the person in the particular area. Moreover, the method includes the step of at the health care facility, playing/displaying the second audio/video message during a second period of time after the first period of time to the person in the particular area independent of the activity of the person in the particular area. Specifically, each of the first audio message and the second audio message reminds the person in the particular area to engage in the particular activity or to refrain from engaging in the particular activity.