Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlling the spread of pathogens
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Application No.: US14838449Application Date: 2015-08-28
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Publication No.: US09721453B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Gary D. Cudak , Christopher J. Hardee , Sarbajit K. Rakshit , Adam Roberts
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: G08B23/00
- IPC: G08B23/00 ; G08B21/24 ; A41D1/00

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving, based on a unique identifier of an identification device in a room, clinical information of a first patient present in the room, receiving a unique identifier from an identification device associated with a garment worn by a health care professional in the room, receiving a history of the garment based on the unique identifier, and upon determining that the history of the garment violates a predefined rule, outputting a notification of the violation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170061773A1 CONTROLLING THE SPREAD OF PATHOGENS Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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