Hand Cleanliness

• US 20120068843A1
• Filed: 07/18/2011
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Biovigil Hygiene Technologies LLC (BioVigil Healthcare Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Biovigil Hygiene Technologies LLC (BioVigil Healthcare Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bolling, Steven F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,013,312 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/22 in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/26 using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/245 Reminder of hygiene compliance policies, e.g. of washing hands
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 23/00 Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

Among other things, an entry monitor has circuitry to detect when a person enters a monitored space and an indicator perceptible to other people in the space to indicate a cleanliness state of the hands of the person who has entered the space.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising

an electronic sensor configured to be carried by a person and to be used by the person to detect a cleanliness state of the person'"'"'s hands, and

a holder for the electronic sensor, the holder having a structure to temporarily receive an identification badge of the person.

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