A critical function within the laboratory environment is ensuring that
refrigeration systems accurately track and maintain proper temperatures
to safeguard the invaluable specimens, vaccines and reagents that they
house. One failure of the freezers (or refrigerators) or an unexpected,
unannounced change in storage temperatures, can tragically lead to
sudden and major losses. Such losses can have significant financial and
scientific consequences, as much of the stored material is irreplaceable.
Armed with this knowledge and determined to protect the perishable
contents at all cost, Tulane University's National Primate Research
Center (TNPRC), one of the seven NIH-funded National Primate
Research Centers in the country, set forth to find the optimal solution.
Within TNPRC, every freezer requires protection, and alerts need
to be smart and customized to ensure appropriate staff is notified
effectively. Without these functions, they risk false alarms and
wasted time. Additionally, TNPRC required consistent and accurate
tracking of internal temperatures that was easy to
access from phones, with no down time.
Benefits at a glance
Selecting a solution included:
• Monitoring of temperature,
humidity, and carbon dioxide
• Alert customization
• Low temperature cut-off
• Remote monitoring
• Cost
• User-friendly
• Secure, cloud-based data storage
• Compliance with FDA and cGxP regulations
Smarter Labs
for the Future
Monitoring Cold Storage
with Advanced IoT
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Problem
Ensuring that refrigeration systems
accurately track and maintain proper
storage temperatures to safeguard
the valuable contents.
Solution
MultiTech Conduit® AP
Access Point & MultiTech xDot®
Long Range LoRa® Modules
Benefits
To reach the hundreds of freezers in
all 22 buildings of the TNPRC campus,
CORIS used MultiTech LoRaWAN® based
wireless devices to collect and transmit
the internal temperatures of the freezers.