Hand hygiene compliance device

摘要

A device, system, and method of ensuring hand hygiene compliance is provided including a device for dispensing hygiene maintenance material that also monitors a detection zone to determine if an individual is present. The device, system, and method provide reminders and tracking of use of the dispensing device and the relation of that use compared to a desired use profile.

主权项

1. A hygiene compliance device including:
a housing; a hygiene maintenance material holder located within the housing; an interface member coupled to the housing that, when activated by a user, causes distribution of hygiene maintenance material from within the hygiene maintenance material holder to the user; an interface member sensor coupled to the housing that detects activation of the interface member; a signal emitter coupled to the housing; a signal sensor coupled to the housing that cooperates with the signal emitter to detect the presence of a person in a detection zone; a circuit board located within the housing and coupled to the signal emitter, the signal sensor, and the interface member sensor, the circuit board including a processor; and a data storage unit located within the housing and electronically coupled to the processor, the data storage unit having instructions thereon that, when interpreted by the processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:
issuing commands to the signal emitter to emit a signal;receiving data from the signal sensor;detecting activation of the interface member sensor;creating a record that provides an approximation of the amount of hygiene maintenance material remaining in the hygiene maintenance material holder;determining if the interface member sensor is activated within a first preset time of a detection of an individual within the detection zone; andchoosing between and executing one of:
a) logging a compliant event by saving a record to the data storage unit if the interface member is activated within the first preset time of the detection of the individual in the zone; andb) issuing an alert detectable by the individual if the interface member is not activated within the first preset time of the detection of the individual in the detection zone; wherein the approximation is generated by the processor by considering a volume of hygiene maintenance material present in a full hygiene maintenance material holder, a volume of hygiene material dispensed per activation of the interface member, and the number of interface member sensor activations since filling of the hygiene maintenance material holder.