Automatic hygiene compliance assistance

摘要

A system for monitoring and improving hygiene compliance in a caregiver setting is provided. The system includes a plurality of hand cleansing dispensers with sensors coupled thereto to detect usage of the dispenser and the identity of the personnel using the dispenser. Usage of the dispenser affects the personnel's hygiene compliance. Indicators are coupled to or integral with the dispensers to output a real-time indication of the hygiene compliance of the personnel. As time progresses since the last detected handwashing event, the indicators can reflect the real-time degradation of hygiene compliance to keep the personnel well-informed of their compliance.

主权项

1. A real-time system for monitoring hygiene compliance within a hygiene tracking environment provided by a real-time tracking apparatus, the system comprising:
a plurality of dispensers configured to dispense a hand-cleansing product; a plurality of auto-ID dispenser tags, each dispenser tag associated with and unique to one of the dispensers; a dispenser sensor configured to sense an activation of one of the dispensers within the hygiene tracking environment and send a signal of the activation to affect a hygiene compliance status of personnel whose hygiene compliance is desired to be tracked; one or more sensory indicators at one or more of the dispensers and adapted to controllably indicate hygiene compliance and non-compliance of personnel whose hygiene compliance is desired to be tracked; and at least one controller communicatively coupled to a respective dispenser sensor and the one or more sensory indicators, the at least one controller programmed to activate or alter the one or more sensory indicators based at least upon the hygiene compliance status of the personnel.