Patent ID: 6867698

Claim:
A system for automatically logging data pertaining to a particular use of an article, comprising: an article having identifier incorporated therein to identify a unique code for said article; a first reader of said identifier disposed at a reading station to automatically read said unique code in response to the article being passed adjacent said first reader; data logger associated with said first reader to log said unique code and a time at which said unique code was read by the first reader; said data logger being associated with one or more readers and reading stations located in an area where the article is to be used; said area having reading stations associated with one or more treatment or storage locations for the article; and a second reader being disposed at each treatment or storage location in a manner so that any passage of a said article from or to a said treatment or storage location requires the article to be passed adjacent said second reader at said reading station to enable said unique code in respect thereof to be automatically read by said second reader; wherein one of said treatment or storage locations includes a sanitiser to sanitise said article at prescribed intervals and said second reader is prompted to read and log said unique code and said time in connection with articles passing to and from said sanitiser for sanitising thereof.