Hygiene monitoring system

A system for monitoring hygiene compliance, the system comprising

• a plurality of first sensors operable to monitor a location of caregivers in a facility;
• a computer receiving location information regarding the location of the caregivers in the facility;
• and
• a plurality of second sensors operable to sense hand washes by the caregivers, the computer receiving handwashing information regarding the hand washes, wherein the computer is operable to keep track of periods of time the caregivers spend in each location of the facility monitored by the plurality of first sensors, wherein the computer determines hand washing compliance by correlating hand washes with a threshold amount of time within which each caregiver enters or exits each location, wherein the threshold amount of time varies depending upon a particular class of each caregiver of the monitored caregivers.