HAND HYGIENE DELIVERY SYSTEM
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Abstract
Hand hygiene apparatuses and methods for monitoring hand hygiene and for dispensing hand soap or hand sanitizers. An illustrative hand hygiene apparatus includes a computer, a database stored on the computer, a biometric sensor operatively coupled to the computer, a hand hygiene dispenser operatively coupled to the computer, and a hand soap or hand sanitizer disposed adjacent to the hand hygiene dispenser. The database might include a collection of partial biometric data for a group of persons. An illustrative method may include collecting a set of partial biometric data, providing a biometric sensing apparatus and a hand hygiene dispenser coupled to the biometric sensing apparatus, sensing biometric data from a first individual from the group of persons with the biometric sensing apparatus, identifying the first individual by comparing the sensed biometric data with the set of partial biometric data, and dispensing a hand soap or hand sanitizer from the hand hygiene dispenser onto the hands of the first individual.
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40 Claims
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21. A method for monitoring hand hygiene and for dispensing hand soap or hand sanitizers, comprising the steps of:
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collecting a set of partial biometric data from a group of persons, the set of partial biometric data being sufficient to distinguish each individual within the group of persons but being substantially insufficient to distinguish a pool of people outside of the group of persons; providing a biometric sensing apparatus and a hand hygiene dispenser coupled to the biometric sensing apparatus; sensing biometric data from a first individual from the group of persons with the biometric sensing apparatus; identifying the first individual by comparing the sensed biometric data from the first individual with the set of partial biometric data; and dispensing a hand soap or hand sanitizer from the hand hygiene dispenser onto the hands of the first individual. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A hand hygiene apparatus, comprising:
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a computer; a database stored on the computer, the database having a collection of partial biometric data for a group of persons, the partial biometric data being sufficient to distinguish each individual within the group of persons but being substantially insufficient to distinguish a pool of people outside of the group of persons; a biometric sensor operatively coupled to the computer; a hand hygiene dispenser operatively coupled to the computer; and a hand soap or hand sanitizer disposed adjacent to the hand hygiene dispenser, wherein an algorithm is stored on the computer that controls the dispensing of the sanitizer from the dispenser when the biometric sensor senses biometric data matching the partial biometric data of an individual from the group of persons. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40)
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