Patent ID: 8922378

Claim:
A dispensing and accountability system for assuring washing of a person's hands, the dispensing and accountability system comprising: at least one passive infrared detector adapted to detect the presence of the person having a requirement of washing the hands; a controller having a scalable processor architecture operatively coupled to each passive infrared detector of the at least one passive infrared detector for receiving and accounting a first set of information from the each passive infrared detector, wherein the first set of information relates to detection of the presence of the person; at least one audio signal unit operatively coupled to the controller, the at least one audio signal unit adapted to generate an audio signal to remind the person to wash the hands, wherein the audio signal is generated when the presence of the person is detected by the at least one passive infrared detector; and at least one dispensing unit operatively coupled to the controller, such that the controller is capable of receiving and accounting a second set of information from the at least one dispensing unit, the second set of information relating to a response of the person when reminded of washing the hands; wherein each dispensing unit of the at least one dispensing unit comprises a reservoir for storing a cleansing fluid and is adapted to dispense the cleansing fluid from the reservoir onto the hands of the person when the person activates the each dispensing unit on being reminded and wherein because the controller has the scalable processor architecture, each of the at least one passive infrared detectors, each of the at least one audio signal units, and each of the at least one cleansing fluid dispensing units can be easily added or removed from the system.