Method and system to monitor hand hygiene compliance
AssigneeAllegheny-Singer Research Institute
InventorAndrew Graham Sahud
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Abstract
A hand hygiene compliance monitoring system includes a portable data reader having a display and a memory, a portal trigger configured to recognize an entrance event in response to a person with the reader entering a room, and a dispenser trigger configured to cause the reader to record a dispensing event in the memory when the person with the reader causes a cleaning dispenser to dispense cleanser. The display shows feedback relating to the person's compliance with hand hygiene requirements.
Claims20
A hand hygiene compliance monitoring system comprising:
- a portable data reader having a display and a memory;
- a portal trigger configured to recognize an entrance event in response to a person with the reader entering a room;
- and
- a dispenser trigger configured to cause the reader to record a dispensing event in the memory when the person with the reader causes a cleaning dispenser to dispense cleanser,
- wherein the display displays a number indicating hand hygiene compliance of the person.
A method of monitoring hand hygiene compliance, comprising:
- in a system comprising at least one dispenser having a dispenser trigger, and a portable data reader having a memory and a display:
- activating the data reader by recording an entrance event in response to a person with the data reader entering a room;
- causing the data reader to record a dispensing event in the memory in response to the dispenser dispensing cleanser;
- and
- displaying on the display real-time feedback regarding hand hygiene compliance of the person.
A method of monitoring hand hygiene compliance, comprising:
- in a system comprising at least one dispenser and a data reader, the data reader having a memory and a display:
- causing the data reader to record a dispensing event in the memory in response to a person with the reader causing the dispenser to dispense cleanser;
- and
- displaying, on the display, a number indicating the hand hygiene compliance of the person.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.