Smart hand sanitisers are being trialled across England

Smart hand sanitisers are being trialled across the country, as part of research by Leeds and Sheffield’s Universities into the best ways of engaging people with the latest COVID-19 workplace hand hygiene guidance. The new sanitisers, developed by Savortex, can monitor in real-time how often or not they are used, with reminders being sent to staff and the restriction of building access for those who haven’t sanitised.

The researchers will analyse how people feel about integrating smart technologies into their working life, the effectiveness of the sanitiser and the attitude to workplace health and safety guidance, using the data from the trials.

Christopher Dockrill, Savortex CTO, stated: “If a building already uses an RFID entry system, the sanitisers can be linked to this to automatically send emails to staff that have entered a building without using the hand sanitiser. Or depending on the requirements of the building owners could bar entry to the workspace unless the sanitiser has been used. The smart sanitiser is GDPR compliant, it only reads the staff ID card number, via RFID tag on staff ID card and RFID reader built into the unit, so there are no specifics about the person to identify the user.”