Patent ID: 6975231

Claim:
A method of improving hand hygiene compliance, comprising the steps of: (a) maintaining a computer database; (b) determining whether any person entered a first area independent of whether the any person includes a sensor; (c) determining whether the any person left the first area and entered a second area (d) determining whether the any person washed their hands before leaving the first area; (e) if it is determined that the any person washed their hands before leaving the first area, sending this information to the computer database; (e) if it is determined that the any person did not wash their hands before leaving the first area, determining whether the any person washed their hands in the second area; (f) if it is determined that the any person washed their hands in the second area, sending the information to the computer database; (g) if it is determined that the any person did not wash their hands in the second area, generating at least one of a warning and a reminder; and (h) if it is determined that the any person did not wash their hands after the at least one of the warning and the reminder is generated, sending the information to the computer database.