Method and system of monitoring the cleaning of hospital environments

A method of monitoring the cleaning of a hospital environment, the hospital environment comprising at least an item disposed inside thereof, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

• disposing a plurality of sensors within the hospital environment;
• detecting, using at least one of the plurality of sensors, a quantity of touches occurred between a passer-by and the at least one item disposed in the hospital environment, and determining a time duration for each of said touches;
• generating a dirtiness index for the at least one item disposed in the hospital environment, the dirtiness index being determined based on the quantity of the touches between the passer-by and the at least one item disposed in the hospital environment and on the time duration for each of said touches;
• generating a statement of events indicating the touches detected between the passer-by and the at least one item disposed in the hospital environment;
• and
• performing a cleaning action in the hospital environment based on the statement of events generated and the dirtiness index generated for said item.