Detection of hygiene compliance
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1. A method for determining whether a user has complied with hygiene requirements, comprising:
- (a) creating an initial temperature signature representing the temperature of the surface of a portion of a user'"'"'s body;
(b) contacting the user'"'"'s body with a sanitizing solution that alters the temperature of said portion of the user'"'"'s body;
(c) creating a second temperature signature of said portion of the user'"'"'s body after contact with the sanitizing solution; and
(d) determining whether the portion of the user'"'"'s body has been sufficiently sanitized by comparing the differences between the initial temperature signature and the second temperature signature to a predetermined set of requirements.
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Abstract
The present technology relates to apparatuses, methods and systems for detecting hygiene compliance, particularly in hospital and clinical settings, where hospital acquired infections (HAIs) are of concern. A temperature signature can be determined and then used to ascertain whether a user is compliant with a given hygiene standard. The present technology also relates to sanitizing compositions used in conjunction with such apparatuses, methods and systems.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for determining whether a user has complied with hygiene requirements, comprising:
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(a) creating an initial temperature signature representing the temperature of the surface of a portion of a user'"'"'s body; (b) contacting the user'"'"'s body with a sanitizing solution that alters the temperature of said portion of the user'"'"'s body; (c) creating a second temperature signature of said portion of the user'"'"'s body after contact with the sanitizing solution; and (d) determining whether the portion of the user'"'"'s body has been sufficiently sanitized by comparing the differences between the initial temperature signature and the second temperature signature to a predetermined set of requirements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for measuring hygiene requirement compliance, comprising:
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(a) a thermal imaging device that creates a temperature signature associated with a portion of a user'"'"'s body; (b) a database for creating a plurality of user profiles, and for receiving and associating user data with the user profiles, including user data comprising the temperature signature; (c) a processing unit that obtains a second temperature signature from a thermal imaging device and compares the obtained temperature signature to a temperature signature stored in the database for the user, and determines whether the differences between the two signatures are sufficient such that an acceptable level of hygiene has been achieved; and (d) an output indicator that indicates to the user whether an acceptable level of hygiene has been achieved. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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