System and method for detecting hand hygiene compliance

A method comprising:

• identifying a hand hygiene event based on determining whether a mobile electronic device being proximate to at least one stationary controller, the mobile electronic device is associated with a person, the at least one stationary controller comprising a dispenser-associated stationary controller associated with a dispenser configured to dispense hand cleaning agent;
• responsive to identifying the hand hygiene event, monitoring at least one aspect of the hand hygiene event;
• determining, based on monitoring the at least one aspect of the hand hygiene event, at least one of compliance or non-compliance with regard to the hand hygiene event;
• determining a protective equipment protocol for the person;
• and
• responsive to determining that the mobile electronic device is proximate to the at least one stationary controller, generating an output indicating the protective equipment protocol.

A method for determining compliance with a hand hygiene event, the determination of the compliance with the hand hygiene event comprising both movement compliance as to whether movements associated with a person comply with a hand hygiene protocol and hand cleaning agent dispensing compliance as to whether the hand cleaning agent was dispensed, the method comprising:

• identifying the hand hygiene event based on interaction of a mobile electronic device and a stationary controller, the mobile electronic device associated with a person and tasked with determining the movement compliance, the stationary controller associated with a dispenser configured to dispense hand cleaning agent and tasked with determining the hand cleaning agent dispensing compliance;
• and
• responsive to identifying the hand hygiene event:
• determining, by the stationary controller, whether the hand cleaning agent dispensing compliance has occurred;
• monitoring, by the mobile electronic device, at least one aspect of the movements associated with the person;
• and
• determining, by the mobile electronic device and based on monitoring the at least one aspect of the movements associated with the person, movement compliance or movement non-compliance with regard to the hand hygiene event,
• wherein the determination of the compliance with the hand hygiene event is based on both the determination by the mobile electronic device of the movement compliance and the determination by the stationary controller that the hand cleaning agent dispensing compliance has occurred, and
• wherein at least one subsequent interaction, after the interaction of the mobile electronic device and the stationary controller to identify the hand hygiene event, between the mobile electronic device and the stationary controller is used for the determination of the compliance or non-compliance with the hand hygiene event.