Apparatus and method for monitoring compliance with handsink use regimen

A system for monitoring usage of a plurality of handsinks by users, the system comprising:

• a plurality of monitoring units respectively located in proximity to the plurality of handsinks and electrically interconnected by wiring, each of the monitoring units including:
• a first input device accommodating entry of user ID data by a user,
• a second input device for generating time of use data,
• a third input device for generating a soap signal upon user actuation of a soap dispenser,
• a fourth input device coupled to the first, second, and third input devices for generating a wash completion signal in response to a signal produced by the user, the user ID data, the time of use data, the soap signal and the wash completion signal comprising
• a user compliance data set,
• a display, and
• a controller coupled to the fourth input device and the display;
• one of the monitor units further including:
• a memory for storing the user compliance data sets generated by the first through fourth inputs devices of the one monitor unit and the user compliance data sets generated by the first through fourth input devices of others of the monitor units transmitted by the controllers thereof over the wiring, and
• a CPU programmed to compare each of the user compliance data sets with a cleansing regimen assigned to each handsink user and stored in the memory and to generate compliance/non-compliance data based on each comparison result for storage in the memory and for presentation to the users by the displays of appropriate ones of the monitor units;
• and
• a central unit connected over a communications link to receive periodic downloadings of the user compliance data sets and the compliance/non-compliance data from the memory of the one monitor unit.