Patent ID: 7659824

Claim:
A system for monitoring sanitizer use, the system comprising: at least a first sanitizer dispenser operable to dispense sanitizer to a user's hand; an identification apparatus operatively associated with the first sanitizer dispenser, the identification apparatus being operable to automatically identify at least one of (a) the user, and (b) a first sanitizer container engaged with the first sanitizer dispenser; a sanitizer dispenser operations monitor operatively associated with the first sanitizer dispenser, the sanitizer dispenser monitor comprising: a consumables-authentication module in communication with the identification apparatus, the consumables-authentication module operable to obtain an identifier associated with the first sanitizer dispenser and verify that the obtained identifier matches a selected identifier associated with at least one of a sanitizer type, a sanitizer composition, a sanitizer volume, a sanitizer container shape, a sanitizer container size, and a sanitizer concentration.