Just like the food in your home refrigerator, many medical supplies must be kept at specific temperatures. A refrigeration failure or mistake in monitoring can make medications and vaccines ineffective, blood unstable and nutritional provisions unsafe. Thus, quality of care and regulatory standards stipulate that medications, blood and food supplies must be properly stored and carefully monitored.
Manual documentation is the most common method used by hospitals and pharmacies to monitor the storage of temperature-sensitive supplies but even medical-grade refrigerators and freezers are susceptible to equipment malfunction, let alone human error and oversight. Fortunately, Point Six automated wireless temperature monitoring sensors can be used to eliminate the danger of improperly stored supplies, which protects the financial investment of the hospital and the safety of the patients.
Point Six wireless temperature sensors alert staff in real-time if the temperature drops below acceptable levels, ensuring that hospital inventory meets CDC guidelines and JCAHO regulatory standards.
After being implemented facility-wide at a hospital in New York, the automated wireless temperature monitoring system was well received by the JCAHO and state inspectors as a solution to ensure patient safety and complete regulatory compliance. Point Six Wireless Wi-Fi temperature sensors can now be found in some of the most prestigious healthcare facilities nationwide.
Point Six’s industry-leading wireless sensors are helping to improve healthcare in hospitals, pharmacies and laboratories across the world.
