Hygiene monitoring system

Details Hygiene monitoring system Hygiene monitoring system

2000-10-30

2004-04-27

Hofsass, Jeffery (Department: 2632)

Communications: electrical

Condition responsive indicating system

Specific condition

C340S286090, C340S870030, C340S541000, C340S567000, C340S572100, C340S870030

Reexamination Certificate

active

06727818

ABSTRACT:

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system for monitoring compliance with hygiene policies.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Systems to promote hygiene have been used in the healthcare industries as well as the food processing and preparation industries. See for example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,125,482, U.S. Pat. No. 6,038,331, U.S. Pat. No. 5,966,573, U.S. Pat. No. 5,952,924, U.S. Pat. No. 5,954,069, U.S. Pat. No. 5,945,910, U.S. Pat. No. 5,939,974, U.S. Pat. No. 5,900,801, U.S. Pat. No. 5,812,059, U.S. Pat. No. 5,793,653, U.S. Pat. No. 5,781,942, U.S. Pat. No. 5,610,589, U.S. Pat. No. 5,202,666, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,199,118.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Hygiene monitoring systems, which incorporate various features of the present invention, monitor location of persons in a facility, location of equipment in the facility, activities performed by persons in the facility, activities performed by equipment in the facility, and/or activities performed on equipment in the facility. From such gathered information, the hygiene monitoring systems determine whether certain actions (e.g. washing of a person's hands, washing of a piece of equipment) need to take place in order to comply with a hygiene policy defined for the facility. The hygiene monitoring systems may evaluate level of compliance with the hygiene policy, and provide persons with information (e.g. alerts, reminders, etc.) which aid in increasing the level of compliance with the hygiene policy.


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