October 15 is celebrated as Global Handwashing Day to motivate and mobilize people around the world to improve their handwashing habits. Global Handwashing Day was founded by the Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing, and is an opportunity to design, test, and replicate creative ways to encourage people to wash their hands with soap at critical times.
Global Handwashing Day is designed to:
- Foster and support a global and local culture of handwashing with soap
- Shine a spotlight on the state of handwashing around the world
- Raise awareness about the benefits of handwashing with soap
The first Global Handwashing Day was held in 2008, when over 120 million children around the world washed their hands with soap in more than 70 countries. Since 2008, community and national leaders have used Global Handwashing Day to spread the word about handwashing, build sinks and tippy taps, and demonstrate the simplicity and value of clean hands. Each year, over 200 million people are involved in celebrations in over 100 countries around the world. Global Handwashing Day is endorsed by a wide array of governments, international institutions, civil society organizations, NGOs, private companies, and individuals.
Here is a patent on automated hand washing system.
Problems solved by this patent
The importance of cleanliness has long been recognized, particularly in the fields of heath-care, food preparation, and laboratories, to name but a few. The practice of surgical scrubbing by surgeons and other operating room personnel is probably the epitome of efforts to cleanse the hands and forearms of persons working in sterile environments. Although manual hand-washing can appear effective, medical experts have concluded that automated hand-washing increases hand-washing compliance and reduces the risk of infection.
Solutions provided by this patent
The inventive system is operable to record and report on user compliance with hand-washing requirements. To ensure user safety and product performance, the system has the capability to ensure that only authorized consumable solutions are used in the cleaning station. The RFID data capture capability, in conjunction with a video system, allows users to have real time feedback of their personal compliance as well as individual user focused information conveyed at the time of utilizing the cleaning station.
Patent Information
Patent Number: US8110047
Patent Title: Automated washing system with compliance verification
Publication type: Grant
Application number: US 12/328,712
Publication date: 7 Feb 2012
Filing date: 4 Dec 2008
Priority date: 31 Oct 2006
Fee status Paid
Also published as: UUS7659824, US7682464, US8085155, US20080099045, US20080100441, US20090084407, US20100097224
Inventors: James Glenn, Paul R. Barnhill, Timothy Prodanovich
Original Assignee: Resurgent Health & Medical, Llc
Source: http://globalhandwashing.org/global-handwashing-day/about-ghd/
