Self-monitoring hand-sanitizing station

A process for monitoring the sanitizing of hands, which comprises:

• providing a basin capable of holding an antiseptic solution;
• attaching a first moisture-proof switch within and to the basin such that when the basin contains antiseptic solution reaching at least to a predetermined level, a user's hand can only activate the first moisture-proof switch when such hand is completely immersed in the antiseptic solution;
• attaching a second moisture-proof switch within and to the basin in such a location that the first moisture-proof switch and the second moisture-proof switch cannot be simultaneously activated with a single hand and such that when the basin contains antiseptic solution reaching at least to a predetermined level, a user's hand can only activate the second moisture-proof switch when such hand is completely immersed in the antiseptic solution;
• orienting a first proximity detector to determine when an individual is approaching both the basin and an entrance to a food-handling area and to assure that there is no path an individual can use to reach the entrance to the food-handling area without having been detected by said first proximity detector;
• orienting a second proximity detector to determine when an individual has passed beyond the basin toward the entrance to the food-handling area and to assure that there is no path an individual can use to reach the entrance to the food-handling area without having been detected by the second proximity detector;
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• electronically connecting a logic unit to receive electrical inputs from the first proximity detector, the second proximity detector, the first moisture-proof switch, and the second moisture-proof switch and to use such inputs to determine when an individual has approached both the basin and the entrance but passed beyond the basin toward the entrance without having simultaneously activated the first moisture-proof switch and the second moisture-proof switch as well as to produce an output signal when the determination has been made that an individual has approached both the basin and the entrance but passed beyond basin toward the entrance.