US 12,254,759 B2
Reducing illnesses and infections caused by ineffective cleaning by tracking and controlling cleaning efficacy
Albert Goldfain, Chanhassen, MN (US); Gregory Bryant Hayes, Apple Valley, MN (US); Emily Gaynor, Oak Ridge, MN (US); Pedro Van Hoecke, Woodbury, MN (US); Ilona Furman Weart, Farmington, MN (US); and Joseph Wegner, Falcon Heights, MN (US)
Assigned to Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed by Ecolab USA Inc., Saint Paul, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/497,655.
Application 18/497,655 is a continuation of application No. 17/897,330, filed on Aug. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,804,124.
Application 17/897,330 is a continuation of application No. 16/783,908, filed on Feb. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,430,321, issued on Aug. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/801,875, filed on Feb. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/801,865, filed on Feb. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0062643 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08B 21/24 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/245 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of establishing a customer-specific system for tracking cleaning efficacy, the method comprising:
performing, by an individual wearing a wearable computing device, a cleaning operation on each of a plurality of target surfaces associated with a healthcare environment, the plurality of target surfaces being selected as target surfaces of which cleaning is desired to be tracked in connection with subsequent cleaning events;
generating, by the wearable computing device, movement data associated with movement of the wearable device during the cleaning operation performed on each of a plurality of target surfaces;
associating different portions of the movement data generated during the cleaning operation with a particular one of each of the plurality of target surfaces on which the individual has performed the cleaning operation;
determining, for each of the plurality of different target surfaces, reference data indicative of the cleaning operation being performed from the associated different portion of movement data for each of the plurality of different target surfaces; and
storing the reference data for each of the plurality of different target surfaces for use in connection with subsequent cleaning events.