Patent ID: 8400310

Claim:
An automated hand cleaning reminder system comprising: product dispensing means mounted proximate an entranceway; a motion/presence detector being mounted in the product dispensing means and being adapted for detecting an approach of a visitor to the entranceway; a processor mounted in the product dispensing means and being electrically coupled to the motion/presence detector and in electronic communication with the product dispensing means; message conveying means mounted in the product dispensing means and being electrically coupled to the processor, the message conveying means providing an access allowed audio tone when a person has utilized the product dispensing means and issuing an access denied audio tone when a person has not utilized the product dispensing means, said processor being adapted for playing either the access allowed audio tone or the access denied audio tone on the message conveying means instantaneously after the motion/presence detector has detected the approach of the visitor to the entranceway; a data storage device mounted in the product dispensing means and being electrically coupled to the processor; a web enabled circuit in electronic communication with the data storage device, the processor and the Internet, and wherein the product dispensing means has an internet web address, whereby low supply warnings/low battery warnings, settings and events for the product dispensing means can be retrieved from the data storage device and observed or changed on site, via the internet web address or via the Internet by a remote attendant; and wherein the processor temporarily deactivates the motion/presence detector when the person has utilized the product dispensing means to permit entry by the person.