Patent ID: 8717177

Claim:
A hygiene compliance monitor system for a functional grouping of dispensers wherein said functional grouping of dispensers includes more than one dispenser maintaining material to be dispensed, said hygiene compliance monitor comprising: a dispenser controller that is coupled to an actuator of each dispenser within said functional grouping of dispensers, wherein said actuator initiates the dispensation of material from the dispenser when actuated, and wherein said controller is programmed with a target value of hand hygiene events; a data transmission unit adapted to be coupled to said dispenser controller of each dispenser within said functional grouping of dispensers, said data transmission unit including a data collection memory unit and an internal clock in synchronization with the other dispensers of said functional grouping of dispensers, said memory unit having at least one memory bank for receiving data, said data transmission unit generating a series of successive shift time intervals wherein said shift time intervals are periods to which said at least one memory bank stores data from said internal clock, said shift time intervals being repeated in a sequence, and each of said at least one memory bank is deleted at the start of each said shift time interval; and at least one data acquisition unit configured to set said clock and being further configured to receive at least one piece of data of said at least one actuation.