EP3531885A1 - Procédé et système d'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains - Google Patents

Procédé et système d'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains

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EP3531885A1
EP3531885A1 EP17784968.4A EP17784968A EP3531885A1 EP 3531885 A1 EP3531885 A1 EP 3531885A1 EP 17784968 A EP17784968 A EP 17784968A EP 3531885 A1 EP3531885 A1 EP 3531885A1
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sanitary
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cleaning agent
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Anders Dam KOFOED
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Nobak Technology Aps
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K5/00—Holders or dispensers for soap, toothpaste, or the like
    • A47K5/06—Dispensers for soap
    • A47K5/12—Dispensers for soap for liquid or pasty soap
    • A47K5/1217—Electrical control means for the dispensing mechanism
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B21/00—Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
    • G08B21/18—Status alarms
    • G08B21/24—Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
    • G08B21/245—Reminder of hygiene compliance policies, e.g. of washing hands

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  • US 6,975,231 discloses a method and apparatus that systematically prompts staff, patients and visitors at care facilities to perform handwashing at critical time periods, for example after touching a toilet flush handle or upon entering or leaving a patient's room.
  • a plurality of detectors are used to sense whether a person has entered an area and to determine whether the person has cleansed their hands within a predetermined period of time before entering the area or leaving the area. If it is determined that the person has cleansed their hands within the predetermined period of time, no prompting message is generated. If it is determined that the person has not cleansed their hands within the predetermined period of time, an audio/visual warning message is generated.
  • EP 2478502 discloses a system and a method for motivating and/or prompting persons to wash hands.
  • determining a first point in time of detection when a person enters the user area determining a second point in time of a successive detection of whether a person leaves the user area while at the same time a person enters the sanitary area following said detection of a person entering the user area at the first point in time;
  • the sanitary area is adjacent to the user area. It should be understood that the enhancement of a person's hand hygiene after a visit to a user area may be directed to having the person washing hands and/or disinfecting hands after a visit to a user area.
  • a cleaning agent dispenser is provided within the sanitary area.
  • processing circuitry configured to determine when a person enters and leaves the user area and when a person enters and leaves the sanitary area based on detection signals from said one or more motion sensors;
  • a first detection time period based on a first point in time of detection of a person entering the user area and a second point in time of a successive detection of a person leaving the user area while at the same time a person enters the sanitary area; determine whether the first detection time period is equal to or larger than a predetermined minimum use-period;
  • system further comprises a dispenser use sensor for detecting use of the cleaning agent dispenser.
  • the cleaning agent dispenser holds the dispenser use sensor.
  • the processor circuitry is further configured to determine based on inputs from the dispenser use sensor whether the cleaning agent dispenser is used following the second point in time of said successive detection of a person leaving the user area while at the same time a person enters the sanitary area; and terminate the first sanitary remind signal when use of the cleaning agent dispenser is detected after the second point in time of said successive detection of a person leaving the user are and a person entering the sanitary area.
  • the processing circuitry is configured to determine when a person enters and leaves the user area based on inputs from both the first and second motion sensors, and to determine when a person enters and leaves the sanitary area based on inputs from the second motion sensor.
  • one or more motion sensors configured to detect whether a person is in a first area, and further configured to detect whether a person is in a second area; wherein the first area is separate from the second area.
  • the processor circuitry is further configured to determine whether the cleaning agent dispenser is used based on inputs from the dispenser use sensor.
  • two motions sensors 106 with different detection areas may be provided. This is illustrated in Figs. 2a and 2b, where in Fig. 2a the motion sensors 106a comprise a first motion sensor, which has a substantially 180° detection range illustrated by the dashed lines 201a and 201 b, and a second sensor, which has a substantially 90° detection range illustrated by the dotted lines 202a and 202b.
  • the first motion sensor covers both the user area 101 and the sanitary area 102
  • the second motion sensor covers only the sanitary area. If a motion signal is received from both sensors, a person is in the sanitary area 102 or at least partly in the sanitary area 102, and if a motion signal is received from the first sensor only, a person is in the user area 101.
  • the first and second motion sensors 106a are configured to have detection ranges 201a, 201 b and 202a, 202b as illustrated in Fig. 2a, and a person is determined to be in the user area 101 when a motion signal is received from the first motion sensor only, while a person is determined to be in the sanitary area 102 when a motion signal is received from both the first and the second motion sensors.
  • a cleaning agent dispenser 105b is provided within the sanitary area 102, and the system 300 also holds a dispenser use sensor, DUS, 308, configured for detecting when the cleaning agent dispenser 105b is activated.
  • the processor 309 receives input signals from the dispenser use sensor 308.
  • the system 300 further comprises a display unit 302 for visual display of a first sanitary remind signal 303 (see Fig. 4) and an audio unit 304 for issuance of an audible second sanitary remind signal 305 (see Fig. 4).
  • the first step, 501 is to determine a first point in time t1 , when a person enters the user area 101. This can be determined based on inputs from the first and second motion sensors 306a and 306b.
  • the next step, 502 is to determine a second point in time t2, following the first point in time t1 , when a person leaves the user area 101 while at the same time a person enters the sanitary area 102. This can also be determined based on inputs from the first and second motion sensors 306a and 306b.
  • step 503 it is now determined if a first detection time period, which is the period of time between the first detection point in time t1 and the second detection point in time t2 and equal to t2-t1 , is equal to or larger than a predetermined minimum use-period of time, Tmin, use. If t2-t1 is less than Tmin, use, then no sanitary remind signal is issued, step 504, while if t2-t1 is equal to or larger than Tmin, use, then a first sanitary remind signal is issued, step 505.
  • step 506 it is determined whether the cleaning agent dispenser 105b is used within a predetermined sanitary-period of time, Td.use, starting from t2, step 506. This can be determined based on inputs from the dispenser use sensor 308. If an input from the dispenser use sensor 308 has be detected at a time t3 equal to (Td.use +t2), then no sanitary remind signals, neither a first nor a second sanitary remind signal, is issued, step 507. If no input from the dispenser use sensor 308 has be detected at the time t3 equal to (Td.use +t2), then a second sanitary remind signal is issued, step 508.

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Epidemiology (AREA)
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  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Emergency Management (AREA)
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  • Bidet-Like Cleaning Device And Other Flush Toilet Accessories (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé et un système d'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains d'une personne après une visite à une zone d'utilisateurs. La zone d'utilisateurs est séparée d'une zone sanitaire, et la zone d'utilisateurs peut, par exemple, comprendre des toilettes ou la zone d'utilisateurs peut être une chambre de patient, tandis que la zone sanitaire peut comprendre un dispositif de nettoyage des mains. Le procédé comprend les étapes consistant à détecter l'entrée d'une personne dans la zone d'utilisateurs et à détecter si une personne quitte la zone d'utilisateurs et une personne entre dans la zone sanitaire après la détection du fait qu'une personne est entrée dans la zone d'utilisateurs. Une première période de détection est déterminée sur la base de la détection du fait qu'une personne est entrée dans la zone d'utilisateurs et d'une détection successive du fait qu'une personne a quitté la zone d'utilisateurs tandis qu'une personne est entrée en même temps dans la zone sanitaire. Il est ensuite déterminé si la première période de détection est égale ou supérieure à une période d'utilisation minimale prédéterminée, et dans le cas où la première période de détection est égale ou supérieure à la période d'utilisation minimale prédéterminée, un premier signal de rappel hygiénique est émis. L'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains d'une personne peut comprendre le lavage des mains et/ou la désinfection des mains, ainsi, un distributeur d'agent de nettoyage peut être disposé à l'intérieur de la zone sanitaire, et le procédé peut en outre comprendre l'étape consistant à détecter si le distributeur d'agent de nettoyage est utilisé au cours d'une période sanitaire prédéterminée suite à la détection successive du fait qu'une personne a quitté la zone d'utilisateurs tandis qu'une personne est entrée en même temps dans la zone sanitaire, et dans le cas où il n'y a pas de détection d'utilisation du distributeur d'agent de nettoyage au cours de ladite période sanitaire prédéterminée, un second signal de rappel hygiénique peut être émis. Le premier signal de rappel hygiénique peut être un signal visuel, et le second signal de rappel hygiénique peut être un signal audible.
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