Patent ID: 8110047

Claim:
A method of monitoring user compliance with a washing requirement, the method comprising: automatically identifying, by an identifying apparatus, a user of at least a first cleaning station, the cleaning station including an apparatus for automatically washing at least a portion of the user; recording, by a computer, at least an identity of the user of the first cleaning station; recording, by a wash station operations monitor, data associated with use by the user of at least the first cleaning station, the data including identifiers of users using the at least the first cleaning station, a time stamp associated with the start of use of the at least the first cleaning station by each of the users, and a duration indicating how long the at least a portion of each of the users were washed; selecting, by the wash station operations monitor and based upon the data and a history of compliance by the identified user, a washing requirement for the identified user, the washing requirement comprising at least one of the following: (1) a concentration of a cleaning fluid to be dispensed, by the first cleaning station, for the identified user; (2) a type of cleaning fluid to be dispensed, by the first cleaning station, for the identified user; (3) an amount of cleaning fluid to be dispensed, by the first cleaning station, for the identified user; and (4) a duration of the washing to be administered by the first cleaning station to the identified user; and automatically washing, in accordance with the selected washing requirement, the at least a portion of the identified user.