Gloved hands being washed under a tap, outlined in purple, with a Maneva ALIS Hand hygiene check label

Use cases

How do food plants check that every hand wash meets the standard?

ALIS, Maneva's AI Line Supervisor, watches each hand wash station through a camera and measures how long every person washes. It reports the median wash time against your plant's standard, such as 20 seconds, by station and by site, so you can see where hygiene slips and retrain.

Food & Beverages

Health & Safety

What it measures

At each hand wash station, ALIS measures:

Wash time for each person, every time they wash
Median wash time against your plant's standard, such as 20 seconds
Results by station and by site, across one or more facilities
Trends over time, so you can see whether retraining worked

Why spot checks miss it

Handwashing happens dozens of times a shift, often at shift change when supervisors are busiest. A spot check or a sign-off sheet shows that a check happened, not how long each person actually washed. A wash that falls short of the standard looks the same as a good one from across the room.

How it acts

ALIS times every wash from video, with no one standing at the sink. Results go to the quality and food safety team as reports by station and site, measured against the same standard everywhere.

When median times slip at a station or a site, the team can see it and retrain there, instead of retraining everyone. Plants with several facilities can hold each one to the same standard.

Where the cameras go

A standard camera covers each hand wash station, angled at the sink area. Some plants can start with cameras they already have; many need at least one off-the-shelf camera placed for the task. Maneva helps choose the camera and where it goes.

Result

Hand hygiene becomes a measured, recorded check instead of a periodic one. A food manufacturer used ALIS to make GMP and PPE compliance continuous across the plant. Read the customer story.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What counts as a compliant hand wash?

Your standard does. ALIS measures how long each person washes and compares it with the time your plant sets, such as 20 seconds.

Is handwashing monitoring only for food plants?

No. It works at any hand wash station where hygiene is part of GMP, across one or more facilities.

Do we need new cameras?

It depends on your site and the problem you want to solve. Some customers can start with the cameras they already have. Many need at least one new off-the-shelf camera placed and set up for the task, so the AI sees exactly what it needs to see.

Maneva helps you scope this from the start. We look at your line, the result you want, and what the camera needs to capture, then recommend the right camera and where to put it.

Maneva is hardware agnostic and connects to a wide range of camera types, including:

Standard RGB and security cameras for many quality, downtime, safety and efficiency use cases
3D and depth cameras for measuring volume, position and dimensions
Thermal and infrared cameras for heat signatures and low-light areas
Short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) cameras, which see through plastic to check seal integrity
High-resolution precision cameras for defects under a millimeter across large surfaces

If you can see it in the video, our AI can understand it and act on it. Start with one line, and we'll help you choose the setup that gets you there.