System and method for hand hygiene compliance management and horizontal pump dispenser therefor

• US 7,825,812 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2007
• Issued: 11/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jose Ruiz, Kirk Ogrin, Rodney F. Ogrin, Ron Cagle
• Original Assignee: Jose Ruiz, Kirk Ogrin, Rodney F. Ogrin, Ron Cagle
• Inventors: Ruiz, Jose, Ogrin, Rodney F., Ogrin, Kirk, Cagle, Ron
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout; Brent
• Application Number:
  US11/724,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20070229288A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,330 Days
• Field of Search: 3405391-53929, 340/573.1, 340/286.07, 705/7, 222/82, 222/175, 222/39, 134/57.R, 134/113, 141/18
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/006 Details or accessories general details G01F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/245 Reminder of hygiene compliance policies, e.g. of washing hands

Abstract

Systems and methods for hand hygiene compliance management include a hand-held personal liquid dispenser including a pump and pump plunger that dispenses liquid from a reservoir inside the dispenser when depressed. The dispenser includes circuitry that detects and records each depression of the plunger, and a port for connection to an external computer to transfer data such as identifiers for the dispenser and its user, and time and date of dispenser usage. A compliance system includes scheduling, training and education in the use of such dispensers, and data collection to track compliance with desired dispenser usage standards. The system may include receivers, transmitters and transceivers to detect and record hand hygiene opportunities, as in patient-occupied areas in a hospital, and transmit personal dispenser usage and other data to a computer.

Claims

1. A system and method for training and monitoring of hygiene compliance comprising

dispensing to a user a single-hand, body-worn personal solution dispenser for delivery of said solution into the human hand;

electronic tracking of usage of said single-hand, body-worn personal dispenser;

downloading compliance data from said dispenser to an external computer;

providing audio behavior modification cues in an audio trainer circuit located inside of said dispenser; and

wherein an audio trainer circuit is placed in said single-hand, body worn personal solution dispenser and programmed to provide an audio cue at pre-set intervals.