Concept demo · oral care on the ward

A QR code on each oral care pack, so everyone can see when it was last done

Oral care is one of the most-missed parts of ward care, and patients who brush themselves do it out of sight. A Timertag QR code on Sage's Independent Care System (6004, 6403) records each brush with one tap after brushing. No typing, no app and no account.

  1. The QR code opens the patient's pageA bedside card in the Independent Care System carries the code. The patient scans it, brushes, then taps to record it. Times are kept against the card's code, so the history survives a new phone. The page shows how to brush in the patient's own language, today's count against Sage's 2–4 a day, and a voice prompt to set a timer for the next one. It works the same in hospital or at home.
  2. For clinicians, at the bottom of the pageLike the patient information button on other Timertag products. The nurse scans the same card with a hospital phone, taps For clinicians, and sees the last brush, today's times and the last 7 days, with a DataMatrix to scan into the chart. No patient phone handed over.
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Concept for discussion with Stryker Sage. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Stryker. Patient guidance follows Sage's protocol (brush 2–4 times a day, antiseptic rinse, soak dentures). Where the HAPPEN study's protocol differed, Sage's guidance is used; HAPPEN adds lip care, asking for help, moving around, clean hands, sipping water and involving family. Final wording would come from Sage and is fixed per product; nothing is set by the hospital. Translations and voice-assistant wording are drafts. In the product, brush times are kept against the card's code on the platform, so any phone that scans the card sees them; this demo keeps them in the browser. A second tap within 10 minutes of the last brush isn't counted; use "Skip ahead 4 hours" to show a later brush. The DataMatrix uses GS1's example GTIN and a random serial, with the last brush in internal AI (91) as YYMMDDHHMM, today's brush times in AI (92) as HHMM run together, and the last 7 days' counts in AI (93), oldest first.