Hand hygiene complicance confirmation system

US9478118B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Sam Keown · Gainesville, US
• Mark Klusty · Gainesville, US
• Eric Laster · Gainesville, US
• Richard J. Melker · Gainesville, US
• Henry Wohltjen · Burke, US
• Ronald Youngblood · Gainesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H40/20
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Provided according to embodiments of the present invention are Hand Hygiene Compliance Confirmation Systems (HHCCS) that include a Hand Hygiene Composition Dispenser (HHCD); a Hand Hygiene Composition Dispenser Monitor (HHCDM) and a Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitor (HHCM). In some embodiments, the HHCDM detects when said HHCD dispenses Hand Hygiene Composition (HHC) and signals said HHCM to start a clock so that if the hands of a person are presented to said HHCM within a pre-defined period of time from the time that said HHCDM sends said signal to said HHCM, said HHCM sends a signal to at least one display to indicate hand hygiene compliance, referred to as a Green Light Condition or GLC. Related apparatus and methods are also provided.