METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENSURING AND TRACKING HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE

摘要

A method for ensuring hand hygiene compliance may include tracking dispensing of a plurality hand hygiene dispensers having hand sanitizer. Each hand hygiene dispenser can be associated with an individual user. A processor may determine dispensing rates of the plurality of hand hygiene dispensers for a plurality of predetermined time periods and each of the plurality of the hand hygiene dispensers is identified with an individual user. The average dispensing rate can be calculated taking a predetermined number of highest dispensing rates out of the plurality of predetermined time periods. The rates can be displayed to the users, and the users can be notified of proper hand hygiene compliance or if the average dispensing rate falls below a target threshold rate.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a plurality of hand hygiene dispensers, each hand hygiene dispenser comprising a housing configured to receive a container adapted to store hand sanitizer, the housing comprising an input for detecting hand sanitizing events when hand sanitizer is dispensed from the container, the input being located within the housing, a memory for storing hand sanitizing events, an accelerometer for recording motion information in the memory; a plurality of computing devices each computing device having a display, each computing device configured to receive data from the plurality of hand hygiene dispensers regarding when one or more hand sanitizing events have occurred; and a calculation module configured to perform a method comprising: determining by a processor a dispensing rate of one or more of the plurality of hand hygiene dispensers for one or more predetermined time periods, and calculating an average dispensing rate based on a predetermined number of dispensing rates.