Hygiene Management System for Bacterial Testing Data Reliability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Hygiene management systems in facilities performing bacterial testing do not share information effectively, leading to isolated data management and potential reduction in database reliability.

Innovation Solution

A hygiene management system that includes a facility skill information reception unit, a determining unit for pass/fail evaluation, and an authorization unit, allowing authorized facilities to share hygiene management information while maintaining database reliability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If information is accumulated in a database for hygiene management, then data reliability is improved, but information sharing among facilities deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedatabase reliabilityVSAvoidinformation sharing
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments information access rights by evaluating each facility's skill information and assigning different authorization levels. Facilities are divided into groups based on their evaluated competence, with authorized facilities able to share information while unauthorized facilities maintain isolated access. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by allowing information sharing within authorized groups while maintaining database reliability through controlled access.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The hygiene management system acts as an intermediary between multiple facilities, mediating information sharing through centralized authorization management. The system evaluates facility skill information and mediates access rights, allowing facilities to share information through the centralized platform while maintaining overall database reliability. This intermediary role enables controlled information flow that balances sharing needs with reliability requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If information sharing among facilities is enabled, then system usefulness is improved, but database reliability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem usefulnessVSAvoiddatabase reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary evaluation of facility skill information before granting information sharing authorization. By evaluating and authorizing facilities in advance based on their demonstrated competence, the system enables information sharing among pre-qualified facilities, thereby improving usefulness while maintaining reliability through prior verification of facility capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the authorization parameter from a binary state to a graded system based on skill evaluation results. Facilities are authorized to share information based on their evaluated skill levels, allowing the system to adapt information sharing permissions dynamically. This parameter change enables versatile information sharing while maintaining reliability through skill-based authorization thresholds.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If facility skill information evaluation is implemented, then information sharing authorization is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthorization managementVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service evaluation where facilities submit their own skill information for evaluation. This automated self-service approach simplifies authorization management by reducing manual intervention while maintaining systematic evaluation processes. The facility-driven submission process reduces operational complexity while preserving the authorization improvement benefits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms complex multi-dimensional skill evaluation into simplified authorization parameters. By converting detailed skill information into discrete authorization decisions (authorized/not authorized), the system manages complexity while improving authorization management. This parameter simplification maintains ease of operation while handling the underlying evaluation complexity systematically.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20230109929A1Hygiene management system, hygiene management method, and hygiene management program
Publication Date: 2023.04.13 NEOGEN FOOD SAFETY US HOLDCO CORP
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AI summary

A hygiene management system for use by a plurality of facilities performing testing of a test target substance.