CLEANLINESS MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a cleanliness monitoring method for enhancing hygiene in a room or area of a facility, especially a hospital. After cleaning, the level of cleanliness is verified via real time biological and/or microbiological measurements using a hand held device such as an ATP luminometer. Until the desired level of cleanliness has been achieved, cleaning is repeated. Motion sensors determine the activity level of a room (such as a bathroom) and communicate enhanced cleaning needs centrally or to the hand-held device. The hand-held device can be a smartphone or tablet provided with an add-on module.
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57 Claims
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1-36. -36. (canceled)
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37. A hygiene enhancing method for enhancing a hygiene in a room or area of a facility, the method comprising the steps of:
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cleaning the room or area, extracting one or more samples from predetermined surfaces in the room or area, performing real-time measurements of a biological and/or microbiological level of cleanliness of the one or more samples by means of a on-site hand-held device, comparing the measured level of cleanliness of the one or more samples with a predetermined biological and/or microbiological threshold for acceptable hygiene, determining if the measured level of cleanliness is lower than the predetermined threshold, cleaning the room or zones of the room having a lower level of cleanliness than the predetermined threshold, extracting one or more samples from the predetermined surfaces in the room or area having the lower level of cleanliness than the predetermined threshold, performing real-time measurements of the level of cleanliness of the one or more samples extracted from the predetermined surfaces in the room or area having the lower level of cleanliness than the predetermined threshold by means of the on-site hand-held device, comparing the predetermined threshold with the measured level of cleanliness of the one or more samples from the predetermined surfaces in the room or area having the lower level of cleanliness than the predetermined threshold, determining if the measured level of cleanliness is lower than the predetermined threshold, and continuing the steps of cleaning, extracting samples, measuring samples, comparing and determining until the real-time measured level of cleanliness for all predetermined surfaces is below the predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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