Tuesday 26 February 2013

Need of temperature monitoring in labs and pharmacy


Medicines and pharmacy products require their storage under controlled conditions so that their usefulness is maintained and they stay effective for the purpose they are made for. Mostly in homes we store these medicines in refrigerators. But in hospitals, clinic and labs, a greater care is to be taken for their storage. Here it isn’t case with a couple of doses but there is a whole lot of that medicine present that is to be supplied to different patients. Any negligence taken in their storage will simply remove their effectiveness and in certain cases can contaminate them as well. And this can lead to some serious consequences for the consumer of these medicines.
This fact simply highlights the importance of wireless thermometer or temperature monitoring devices. Such devices are built with a purpose to keep the temperature under control and keep a continuous track of the changing environment conditions. Over the past few years several technological advancements have been made with these systems that have bettered the storage capacities and have allowed hospitals and health institutions to stores their pharmaceutical in a strictly regulated facility. These systems have built in sensor that keep a continuous track of the changing environment conditions and at the same record them. Any variations in the temperature that can be hazardous for the medicines is immediately reported with an alert alarm. This allows the managers to regulate the temperature and bring it to the critical levels. 

Also some of these systems are fitted with dialers that can even alert an individual in the remote regions. The alert messages can be sent via an automated phone call or a text message or email. This why such sophisticated alarm systems have made it quite easy to maintain the critical storage temperature in hospitals and health institutions.

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