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US 6,426,701 B1Granted
Handwash monitoring system
AssigneeUltraClenz Engineering Group
InventorsAllan Levy, James B. O'Maley, Francis J. Parker
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Abstract
A handwash monitoring system and method for providing an alert when a person must wash their hands. A badge worn by a person is activated to register at least one of a visual, audible or tactile alarm by a beacon placed where contamination may occur when the badge enters the range of the beacon. The person must wash their hands according to visual and audible prompts issued by a base unit in a wash area to clear the badge alarm.
Claims25
A handwash monitoring system comprising:
- a badge worn or carried by a person for registering one of a hands-washed state and a hands-unwashed state;
- a wash area including a faucet and a soap dispenser for washing hands of the person;
- a base unit connected to the faucet and soap dispenser for detecting when the person has correctly performed a predetermined handwash procedure, whereupon said base unit communicates with said badge to register the hands-washed state;
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- a plurality of sentinels equipped with one or more of audible means, visual means and remote means for issuing a warning when said badge is within a predetermined proximity to any one of the plurality of sentinels while registering the hands-unwashed state.
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A handwash monitoring system comprising:
- a badge worn or carried by a person for registering one of a hands-washed state and a hands-unwashed state;
- a wash area including a faucet and a soap dispenser for washing hands of the person;
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- a base unit connected to the faucet and soap dispenser for detecting when the person has correctly performed a predetermined handwash procedure, whereupon said base unit communicates with said badge to register the hands-washed state,
- wherein said badge comprises an identification badge with a memory containing identification data that is transmitted to said base unit upon request by said base unit to begin the predetermined handwash procedure when said badge is within a predetermined proximity to said base unit, and
- said base unit comprises means for selecting a language for the predetermined handwash procedure based upon the identification data.
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A handwash monitoring method comprising the steps of:
- registering a hands-unwashed state on a badge worn by a person;
- identifying the person using a base unit located in a wash area that prompts the badge to transmit identification data stored in the badge to the base unit to begin a predetermined handwash procedure when the badge is within a predetermined proximity to the base unit;
- selecting a language for the predetermined handwash procedure using the base unit based on the identification data;
- instructing the person to perform the predetermined handwash procedure using the base unit;
- detecting whether the person has properly performed the predetermined handwash procedure using the base unit;
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- clearing by the base unit the hands-unwashed state on the badge when the person has properly performed the predetermined handwash procedure.
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A handwash monitoring method comprising the steps of:
- registering a hands-unwashed state on a badge worn by a person;
- instructing the person to perform a predetermined handwash procedure using a base unit located in a wash area;
- detecting whether the person has properly performed the predetermined handwash procedure using the base unit;
- clearing by the base unit the hands-unwashed state on the badge when the person has properly performed the predetermined handwash procedure;
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- issuing one or more of a visual alarm, audible alarm and remote alarm by each of a plurality of sentinels when the badge registers the hands-unwashed state within a predetermined proximity to any one of the plurality of sentinels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.