Patent ID: 7293645

Claim:
A method for monitoring hand hygiene compliance, comprising: providing a plurality of disposable dispensers, each said dispenser comprised of multiple distinct individual units, each said unit containing a known dose of hand sanitizing fluid and capable of dispensing said unit dose on demand; distributing at least one of said dispensers to a user to be employed for dispensing said hand sanitizing fluid for individual acts of hand sanitation, each said hand sanitizing fluid dispersement act creating a discrete physical record permanently associated with each said dispenser; and, counting said physical records recorded by said dispenser and associating said count with said user when said user submits said dispenser for said counting to derive a number indicating the degree of hand hygiene compliance for said user; and including the step of timing means disposed on each of said disposable dispensers for measuring a duration of time since the dispensing of said fluid for said act of hand sanitizing.