User Manual

Patient Safeguard System® Patient Bed Installation
UltraClenz, LLC
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1. Introduction to the Patient Safeguard System (PSS)
The Patient Safeguard System is a state of the art wireless hand hygiene reminder system designed to enable best practices
for proper hand hygiene in a healthcare facility. Multiple studies from organizations like the World Health Organization
(WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have repeatedly demonstrated that proper hand hygiene leads directly to
improved infection control and a reduction in Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI). The PSS is a cost-effective, energy
efficient, robust and easily installed system for coaching healthcare workers (HCWs) to always wash or sanitize their hands
before and after patient contact. The system can be divided into three parts, hardware components, the Bentley Wireless
Network and the Dashboard web-based application.
1.1 Hardware Components
The PSS is built on individual components or devices that work in concert to deliver real-time individual hand hygiene
status to HCWs and near real-time statistics for both onsite and offsite monitoring of current and historical hand
hygiene compliance data. Currently, the components of PSS are the HCW Badge, the Dispenser Beacon and the Bed
Beacon.
1.1.1 Healthcare Worker Badge
The Badge is a wireless device worn by the HCW to provide real-time notification of the HCW’s current hand hygiene
status. Notification is provided by both visual and audible alerts. The Badge is responsible for determining,
maintaining and transmitting the current hand hygiene status of the HCW to other PSS components.
1.1.2 Dispenser Beacon
The Dispenser Beacon is attached to or embedded within a soap or sanitizer dispenser. Its function is to
communicate with the Badge worn by the HCW when the dispenser is activated (dispense event), collect dispense
event data from that Badge and then transmit the collected data to a network where it will ultimately be sent to an
offsite server for processing and archiving.
1.1.3 Bed Beacon
The Bed Beacon, along with its internal low frequency antenna, is mounted to a patient bed. Its function is to
communicate with the Badge worn by the HCW when the HCW comes in close proximity with the patient bed (bed
event), collect bed event data from that Badge and then transmit the collected data to a network where it will
ultimately be sent to an offsite server for processing and archiving.
1.2 Bentley Wireless Network
Bentley is a wireless mesh network used to transport event data collected by Dispenser Beacons and Bed Beacons to the
offsite server for processing and archiving. Bentley is composed of two types of devices, Hubs and a Gateway.
1.2.1 Hubs
Hubs are installed throughout a healthcare facility and communicate with nearby Bed Beacons and Dispenser
Beacons. When an event is generated by a Beacon, it broadcasts the event data to the nearest Hub. The Hub then
receives the event data and rebroadcasts it to the Gateway (if it is in range) or the next nearest Hub where the data
is passed from Hub to Hub until it reaches the Gateway.
1.2.2 Gateway
The Gateway receives event data generated by Dispenser Beacons or Bed Beacons directly, if they are in range, or
from Hubs which act as repeaters. The Gateway then transmits the event data to an offsite server via cellular
modem for processing and archiving.