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US 2020/0402669 A1Published application
Proximity Tracing Methods and Systems
OwnerStuart Tin Fah Huanginventor
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Infection control methods and systems associate proximity-detection devices with people in a population, such as people in a hospital. Each proximity-detection device detects proximity events with other people. The methods and systems detect proximity events and, for person-to-person pairs who were involved in such an event, records at least one risk value as a measure of risk of an infectious agent having been transferred between the pair. Upon indication of an infectious agent transfer to a member of the population, a health worker may conduct an infection control intervention on members of a subpopulation of people based on detected proximity events and risk values. The method and system may be extended to fomites. Correlations may be made over multiple infection events.
An infection control method for multiple classes of pathogens, where a first class of pathogens is characterized by transmission across a first range by a first transmission mode, and a second class of pathogens is characterized by transmission across ranges greater than the first range by a second transmission mode different from the first transmission mode, said infection control method comprising steps of:
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