Back to results
US 2021/0340467 A1Published application
Monitoring cleaning of surfaces
AssigneeKleancheck Systems, LLC
InventorPhilip C. Carling
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for monitoring cleaning of a surface includes applying an amount of transparent indicator material to an area of a surface and measuring the amount of transparent indicator material remaining on the surface. The transparent indicator material may be fixed on the surface by drying and, when a fluorescent material, may be measured through exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
Claims20
A method for determining if a surface has been cleaned, the method comprising:
- (i) applying an amount of indicator material to one or more environmental surfaces in an institution, the indicator material fluorescing upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation;
- (ii) determining if any of the indicator material remains on the one or more environmental surfaces by exposing the one or more environmental surfaces to UV radiation after one or more opportunities to clean the environmental surface by environmental services staff, thereby providing a quality of cleaning result;
- and
- (iii) training environmental services staff on cleaning issues, wherein training includes providing environmental services staff with information regarding at least one selected from the group consisting of improved cleaning techniques, the quality of cleaning result, a baseline result, and locations of areas to be cleaned.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.