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HYGIENE
“In today’s world, the triggered, prompting the cleaning
importance of maintaining staff to take immediate measures to
a clean and sanitized address the issue. This technology-
environment cannot driven approach also helps in
be overstated, as it early detection of potential
directly impacts the hygiene breaches enabling facility
health and well-
being of individuals managers to proactively address
within these spaces. them, reducing the risk of infection
With advancements transmission.
in technology, Real-time monitoring through
particularly the IoT based sensors helps in resource
emergence of
Internet of Things optimization. By identifying high-
(IoT) based sensors, traffic areas that require frequent
facility managers can cleaning, HMs can allocate resources
monitor hygiene in real- efficiently, avoiding unnecessary
time, enabling them to make cleaning in low-traffic zones. This
informed decisions to ensure leads to cost savings while ensuring
safety and cleanliness. that critical areas are adequately
FACILITY MANAGERS IoT-based sensors, connected maintained at all times. Data
CAN MAKE INFORMED wirelessly through the internet, collected over time can be used to
DECISIONS, OPTIMIZE provide a real-time view of track trends, assess effectiveness of
RESOURCES, AND IMPROVE cleanliness levels within a facility. cleaning protocols, and identify areas
OVERALL HYGIENE These sensors can be strategically for improvement.”
CONDITIONS WHILE placed in various areas, such as IoT, connecting devices to each
restrooms, kitchens, and high-touch
ENSURING THE SAFETY surfaces, to continuously monitor other and the cloud, has made the
AND WELL-BEING OF hygiene parameters. Parameters job of the Hygiene Manager more
INDIVIDUALS WITH THE could include the presence of productive with real-time data from
HELP OF IOT. harmful bacteria, humidity levels, strategically placed sensors, thus
air quality, and hand hygiene ensuring the customer is served
Chetali Shah compliance, among others. with the highest standards
The real-time data generated by of safety and
these sensors is transmitted to a sanitation.
Corporate centralized platform, where facility
managers can access it through
Safety & Sanitation intuitive dashboards. This data
Food technologist and hygiene allows them to gain insights
specialist Chetali Shah from into hygiene status and
Jio World, Reliance Industries, potential problem spots
emphasises the need to leverage and take immediate
corrective actions.
technology for real-time For instance, if
monitoring of hygiene and a restroom’s
food safety. While traditional hygiene level
methods of manual inspections drops below
are vulnerable to human error, a certain
technology brings a more threshold,
accurate and objective view to an alert
the dashboard. She shares her can be
views on leveraging IoT (Internet
of Things) for decision making
and prompt interventions with
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