GB2417810A - Hand-washing reminder alarm with washing detector carried on users hand or wrist - Google Patents

Abstract

A hand-washing reminder alarm comprises a device worn on the hand or wrist of a user, such a nurse, which has a water and / or soap detector which is able to reset a timer. The timer will expire after a preset period if the user fails to wash their hands and this will trigger a reminder warning such as a LED light or a piezoelectric sounder or a vibrating means. The reminder warning will continue intermittently for a second period, during which the user can reset the timer by washing their hands. If the second period expires without hand washing being detected, the device will trigger a second warning and the device will then require external intervention to be reset. The device may comprise a wrist band or watch having a LED light 3, sensor 1, vibrator 2, piezoelectric sounder 4 and volume control 5.

Description

241 7810 This invention relates to a devise that defects water/soaps when

washing ones hands.

The safe hands H20/soap detector, When worn by doctors and nurses or any one in the health care industries, are wearing one of our (safe hands) H20 detectors it will detect that one hand's have been washed which will then deactivate 3 systems that have been in corporated into our device.

1. The pizo buzzer audio alert 2. The built in vibration module.

3 The red flashing led (light emitting diode) the device has an in built Clock from O minutes to 60 minutes which would normally be set at 15 minutes intervals to warn the wearer to go and wash there hands in order to deactivate the system. The device can be set to any time interval using an infra red pen code/transmitter. Which would normally be kept by the sister or person in charge? The device "safe hands" H20 /chemical detector has an inbuilt sensor so that when it defects water (H20) / soaps etc... Directly over the sensor it will deactivate the system (automatically) to then go a further 15 minutes before alerting the wearer to go and wash there hands again.

When the system H20 has been activated, it will be in alert mode this is because they have not washed there hands, And will then in alert mode for seconds, if it has not detected water Etc. It will then activate at 5 minutes intervals for a period of 60 minutes if not deactivate. It will then close down and red led will be in constant mode. And can only be reactivated using the infra red pen code reader/transmitter. When the LED as in figure 3 is constantly lit it would let the patient know to remind the Doctor/Nurse to wash there hands before commencing treatment In figure 1, the h20 or safe hands/ soap detector this is the main integral part of our device, which acts like an on/ off switch, to activate or to Deactivate the alarm systems it either detects water ECT... Or does not dete t water Etc.

In Figure 3, the red light emitting diode (low in consumption power of the 1- v watch battery) when in none activated mode will not be lit. (Passive) ounce the 15 or what ever the pen code /reader was set at minutes have expired it will the flash. This will then draw current off the battery and set In Figure 4, the pizo alarm and figure 2, the vibration modal will alert for 5 seconds only to save battery power, (go and wash your hands).

In figure 6, this is the clock /pen code reader which controls two main events, the timing of when you want staff ect... to wash there hands and programming / renabiling of the safe hand h20 /soap detector.

Figure 5, Is the volume adjustment from O d/b to 15 decibels IE on /off? But would not affect figure 2 or figure 3. This is for staff when they are on night duty and do not want to disturb the patients who are asleep.

Claims (4)

1. Claims 1. This device the safe hands H20 detector can be made for any

   finger and made out of rubber or plastic and to fit any hand
2. 2. As in claim 1. the device H20 detector can also be incorporated into a wrist band or a watch
3. 3. The H20 (safe hands) detector would be a major contribution to the reduction of bacteria/virus's spread from patient to patient and more importantly the MRSA virus which kills.
4. 4. As in claim 3 if the patent see's the wearer has the led as in figure 3 on the drawings permanently lit, they would then request the doctor/ nurse to wash there hands thus avoiding_contamination and the spread Terms.