7075 results about "Sanitation" patented technology

A medical sanitation device may include a detector for detecting the physical presence of a clinician token within a detection area in the vicinity of the medical sanitation device. The clinician token may be indicative of the identity of a clinician. The medical sanitation device also includes a sanitation module configured to be used by the clinician to perform a sanitation task. Detection of a clinician in proximity to the medical sanitation device may be used to at least partially control access to, or operation of, a medical patient monitoring device.

The invention provides a sanitization tracking and alerting system and method that automatically monitors hand sanitization actions of workers within a facility and reminds them of violations of hand sanitization requirements. The sanitization system may comprise a communications network providing interaction between a central computer with a database and one or more sanitizer dispenser systems, which dispense a sanitizer to the workers upon demand. The sanitizer dispensing system may have a reader for reading an identification device associated with the worker and a motion detector that detects when the worker is in the proximity of the dispensing mechanism. The sanitizer dispenser system may contain logic for determining which one of a number of workers in its vicinity may press a dispensing means, sending that information to the central computer, and activating an audio or visual indicator if the central computer determines that the worker is not sanitized, as determined by the length of time since the last hand sanitization event of the worker or whether or not the worker had done something that would require another hand sanitization action.

A sanitation device includes a mobile body, a surface cleaning component, and a source of UV radiation. The surface cleaning component and the source of UV radiation are mounted to the mobile body, which is configured to travel over a surface. The surface cleaning component is configured to engage the surface and the source of UV radiation is configured to direct UV radiation to the surface.

A process is provided to produce water that will meet the specifications of the United States Pharmacopeia Inc. for Purified Water and Water for Injection, and water for dialysis as circumscribed by the American Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). The system has no storage tanks where stagnant water will be fouled by biofilm colonizing the tank surface. Water is circulated throughout the purification system and drawn as required, on demand. The water is purified and used immediately or recycled and repurified to ensure quality. Sanitation of the purification system, maintaining microbiological purity and cleaning is done by controlling the pH so that it is normally acidic by maintaining a high carbon dioxide concentration in solution, the carbon dioxide being allowed to pass into the permeate from a reverse osmosis membrane assembly used to purify the water.

This invention relates to a dispenser, for preferably Frozen Carbonate Beverage (FCB) product, having valves that can be manually or electrically operated in response to electronic controls. The valve has a jam dispensing position, and can be used with an additive, such as flavors, injector. A power failure back up is provided to close the valve, along with sanitation and optional purging cycles. Product dispense is provided only when sensed to have a desired consistency and/or in a condition to prevent splashing. Additive dispense is provided only when product is present. The dispenser can have a monitor and suitable controller to dispense strips or layers of different additives or flavors into the product.

A hand hygiene compliance monitoring system includes a method and computer program product for performing sanitation compliance monitoring including receiving sanitation compliance data. The sanitation compliance data includes a zone identifier corresponding to a first device in a zone and an entity identifier corresponding to a second device attached to a mobile entity in the zone. The zone is defined by an area over which the first device and the second device communicate via one-way or two-way communication. It is determined whether the entity is compliant with a sanitation protocol associated with the zone, and a database is updated with results of the determining.

A vacuum cleaner comprises a handle assembly pivotally attached to a foot assembly, where the handle assembly removably mounts a cyclone separator module. An ultraviolet sanitation assembly is provided on the vacuum cleaner for sanitizing the working air before it is exhausted from the vacuum cleaner. One or more component parts of the vacuum cleaner, particularly the components making up the working air path of the vacuum cleaner can be made from a plastic material that includes at least one anti-microbial agent in an effective amount sufficient to impart microbe-inhibiting properties to the working air path.

This invention is a modular, adjustable, easy to maintain, portable or fixed food sanitation tunnel, comprising an enclosing means for subjecting food to sanitizers including UV light, ozone, hydroperoxides, superoxides and hydroxyl radicals, and a method for using the system. The enclosing means includes one or more UV radiation sources and one or more target rods located within a tunnel, such as a c-shaped shell. The UV radiation sources are preferably UV light sources that emit UV light of approximately 185 to 254 nm. The target rods are approximately up to 0–30% titanium dioxide, up to 0–30% silver and up to 0–30% copper, by weight. The system may include a mister for the efficient production of hydroxyl radicals by the UV light sources. Parts of the system are easily removable for cleaning and for maintenance. Also, in an alternative embodiment, the tunnel is located on a frame, and the frame is on wheels.

A method for assessing improvement in hand hygiene practices using sanitation solution dispensers deployed within particular areas of interest in a healthcare facility or the like. Each of the dispensers has a counter associated therewith, with the counter producing a count indicative of actual events of a healthcare worker sanitizing his/her hands. Other data is acquired that impacts the number of anticipated hand sanitation events in this particular area of interest. From this data, a number of anticipated hand sanitation events is determined. Finally, a determination is made, from information obtained through actual observation, of the number of opportunities that healthcare workers will have for hand sanitation in the area of interest over a particular period of time. A performance index, indicative of compliance with hand hygiene protocol, is then obtained by dividing the difference between the actual number of hand sanitizing events and the number of anticipated hand hygiene events by the number of opportunities for such hand hygiene events. This index may then be used to gauge improvement or regression in hand hygiene practices in an area of interest, or to measure the effectiveness of intervention programs, or to compare performance between various areas of interest.

The invention discloses a medicine taking reminding control system and an intelligent medicine taking reminding device adopting the same. A plurality of medicine cups can be stored in the device, medicines which a user takes are arranged in a corresponding medicine cup in advance, and then the medicine cup is arranged in the device. The control device can record medicine taking information input by the user, when a preset medicine taking time is due, the device can remind the user through a series of reminding methods, for example, voice and flashlight indication, the user only needs to walk to the device and slightly presses a medicine taking button after the user percepts the indication, the control system can drive an internal medicine-outlet mechanism to push out the corresponding medicine cup from a medicine outlet of the device, so that medicine taking and consumption is facilitated for the user. Simultaneously, the design of storing single dosage of medicines in the mode of medicine cups ensures storage amount of the medicines on one hand, prevents the medicines from being exposed on the other hand, and ensures safety and sanitation of the medicines. A communication module in the device can send medicine taking information to a public network server, and the user can log in the public network server to inquire medicine taking history.

A solid waste recovery system based on rewards as encouragement belongs to the technical field of environmental sanitation, and solves the problems of imperfect classification effect and low recovery rate of the existing recovery systems to develop accurate throwing habits of people who throw garbage. The invention is composed of a recovery terminal device, a server and a gift exchanging station, and the server is connected with the recovery terminal device and the gift exchanging station through the internet; the recovery terminal device is composed of a classification garbage bin, a supporting frame, a lamp box and a ceiling; the server stores the information such as accounts of users, the storage amount of garbage, addresses of the gift exchanging stations, etc., a system serving network station is erected on the internet to realize the functions of the registration of accounts of users, the addition, revision and deletion of the information of the accounts, gift exchanging by using points on a user network, etc.; the gift exchanging station is provided with a computer for obtaining and updating data in the server. The solid waste recovery system can give rewards according to the requirements of the users, can promote the users voluntarily to throw recovery garbage according to the requirements of classification, and reduce the environment pollution as well as increase the recovery rate.

A method and system includes an enclosure comprising a plurality of vital signs monitoring devices, a patient chair comprising a plurality of medical sensors, a weight scale, a height measurement device, a video monitor and a first camera for videoconference calls. A second camera is for skin and orifice inspection. A sanitization device sanitizes air and interior surfaces of the cabin. An air management device is operable for sanitizing air entering the cabin. A door has an electrically operated lock. Contaminates on a floor of the cabin are detected. Sanitation of the cabin is initiated. A patient is admitted into the cabin. A videoconference is initiated between the patient and a remote medical practitioner at a medical call center. Data is captured and transmitted to the remote medical practitioner for diagnosis. Prescriptions are processed for the patient. Additional test requests for the patient are processed.

The invention relates to a full-automatic body-turning nursing bed, which comprises a bedstead, a combined bed board, a standing-sitting device, a side turning device, a defecating device, a leg bending device, a water box device and an electronic control system, wherein a front bed board, a back bed board, a left side turning board and a right side turning board are adopted to be combined into the bed board; operations of standing-sitting and body turning are respectively completed by a standing-sitting motor and a body turning motor; a defecating seat cover is adopted, and a seat cover moving motor and a seat cover lifting motor are sequentially operated to open and close a defecating box; a water spray head and a drying head are additionally arranged to flush and dry the nursing bed after a patient defecates; and by matching with supply water temperature control, drying temperature control, wind source control, leg bending control, head washing control and manual-automatic switching control, the nursing body integrally and simultaneously satisfies the operation requirements of standing-sitting, body turning, leg bending and urine-excrement cleaning of the patient. The full-automatic body-turning nursing bed has the advantages of compact structure, high automation degree, convenience in operation and use, and sanitation and safety during the use of the patient, and is suitable for being used by various bedridden patients.

The present invention relates to antibacterial agents that are useful for sterilization, sanitation, antisepsis, and disinfection

The present invention teaches a retainer in the form of a removable compliant polymer sheath. The present invention further teaches a wireless headset reduced in size to an earpiece, in which the comfort and sanitation of the user and the life span of the device may in increased by providing a replaceable compliant polymer sheath for the sound tube which is inserted into the ear canal: friction between the ear canal and the sheath retains the wireless headset in the ear canal. In alternative embodiments, the sheath and ear canal may mechanically cooperate to retain the wireless headset in the ear canal. The sheath may be easily removed and replaced so as to adapt the length and diameter of the device for the needs and comfort of different users. In addition, the replaceable polymer sheath allows safe and sanitary use of one wireless device by more than one user. In addition, polymers are notorious for becoming oxidized and then hard and brittle, however the device of the invention need not be refurbished for this reason since the compliant polymer sheath may be easily removed and replaced whenever required.

The invention discloses a road cleaning system and method through an intelligent robot for mainly solving the problem of frequent happening of accidents of environmental sanitation workers due to large effects of prior road environmental sanitation cleaning systems on traffic. The system comprises a controller (2), a binocular camera (7), a central processor (3), a supersonic distance measurement unit (6), a cleaning mechanism (4) and a moving mechanism (5). The controller (2) reads data of the supersonic distance measurement unit (6) and uploads the encoded data to the central processor (3); the central processor (3) reads images shot by the binocular camera (7), signal lamp states of a road section where the central processor (3) is in and the data of the supersonic distance measurement unit (6), performs recognition processing to determine the moving direction and cleaning actions of the system and transmits the moving direction and cleaning actions to the controller (2); and the controller (2) controls the moving mechanism (5) to drive the whole system to move towards the garbage direction and the cleaning mechanism (4) to clean cleaning mechanism (4). By means of the intelligent robot road cleaning system and cleaning method, roads can be cleaned automatically and actively, environmental sanitation workers can be replaced or assisted to check and study roads for cleaning in heavy-traffic or high-vehicle-sapped dangerous sections.