Patent ID: 11893872
Assignee: nan
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A first hand hygiene detection apparatus and a second hand hygiene detection apparatus, the first hand hygiene detection apparatus and the second hand hygiene detection apparatus operatively connected and operatively connected to a respective hand hygiene product dispenser, the first hand hygiene product dispenser further comprising: digital radio operatively connected to at least one processor configured to receive information from the second hand hygiene detection apparatus and/or from a data server; and memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is operatively configured for: receiving at least one environmental alert parameter from a geographically remote data collection server, wherein the at least one environmental alert parameter comprises one or more of the following: time of day, location, and objects detected; receiving a dispensing event indication, via the digital radio, that a dispensing event associated with a particular unique address occurred at the second hand hygiene detection apparatus; storing the dispensing event indication in memory; receiving, from an ultrasound proximity sensor, a proximity indication that an object is within a predetermined distance of the first hand hygiene product dispenser; upon receiving the proximity indication: transmitting a proximity indication to at least one tag; and based on transmitting the proximity indication, receiving one or more unique addresses from the at least one tag; determining that the one or more unique addresses includes the particular unique address, determining whether the dispensing event occurred within a predetermined amount of time; facilitating playing of an audio reminder upon determining that the dispensing event did not occur within the predetermined amount of time or upon determining that the one or more unique addresses does not include the particular unique address, and upon determining that the at least one environmental alert parameter from the geographically remote data collection server has been met.