Material Tracking System

A monitoring system for a disinfectant having an expiration, the system comprising:

• a plurality of containers each having a volume for dispensing the disinfectant;
• a plurality of identifiers associated with the containers;
• at least one reader reading the identifiers;
• at least one database associating the volumes and the expiration of the disinfectant contained in each of the containers;
• and
• processing equipment operatively coupled to the at least one reader and the at least one database, the processing equipment tracking each of the volumes of the disinfectant, the expiration of the disinfectant, and the identifiers of the containers.

A method of monitoring a disinfectant having an expiration, the method comprising:

• obtaining at least one first identifier associated with at least one first container storing a first volume of the disinfectant;
• storing, in at least one database, first information of the first volume and of the expiration of the disinfectant based on the at least one first identifier;
• obtaining one or more second identifiers associated with one or more second containers;
• storing, in the at least one database, second information of one or more second volumes of the disinfectant distributed to the one or more second containers from the first volume of the at least one first container and of the expiration of the disinfectant distributed;
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• tracking, with processing equipment, each of the first and second volumes of the disinfectant, the expiration of the disinfectant, the at least one first container, and the one or more second containers using the first and second information.