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Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2015
Applicant:

Sage Products, Llc, Cary, IL (US);

Inventors:

Gregory T. Davis, Cary, IL (US);

David Beck, Cary, IL (US);

Ronald C. Cagle, Cary, IL (US);

Jessica Farrell, Cary, IL (US);

Assignee:

Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 5/122 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61B 90/80 (2016.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/80 (2016.02); A47K 5/122 (2013.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); G06Q 30/018 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01);
Abstract

A method for ensuring hand hygiene compliance may include tracking dispensing of a plurality hand hygiene dispensers having hand sanitizer. Each hand hygiene dispenser can be associated with an individual user. A processor may determine dispensing rates of the plurality of hand hygiene dispensers for a plurality of predetermined time periods and each of the plurality of the hand hygiene dispensers is identified with an individual user. The average dispensing rate can be calculated taking a predetermined number of highest dispensing rates out of the plurality of predetermined time periods. The rates can be displayed to the users, and the users can be notified of proper hand hygiene compliance or if the average dispensing rate falls below a target threshold rate.


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