Facilities can receive alerts from cold storage monitoring sensors by utilizing IoT technology. With IoT-enabled cold storage sensors, teams can receive alerts and monitor refrigerators and freezers in real time, 24/7. No more guessing games or crossing your fingers and hoping for the best when it comes to storing biomaterials!
This data also provides invaluable insight into a lab’s physical variables that may impact the reliability of cold storage. Armed with such insights, teams can make more informed decisions about optimizing facilities and avoiding costly spoilage or sample degradation.
Keep reading to find out how it all works and how to choose the right cold storage alert monitoring system for your facility’s unique needs.
A temperature monitoring system in cold storage uses sensors to keep track of the temperature, which it sends to a computer or mobile device. If the temperature starts to go too high or too low, the system will sound an alarm or send an alert to let you know that something's not right.
However, a high-quality temperature monitoring system will offer more than just a basic and panicked “INCREASING TEMPERATURE LEVELS!” alert. For example, the cold storage monitoring technology offered by Elemental Machines provides a comprehensive alerting system with benefits like:
While monitoring and alerting systems are critical for safeguarding the quality of products in cold storage, they are just one piece of the puzzle. In addition to alerts, there are a variety of tools used to monitor the entire cold chain, from production to distribution and storage.
The most common cold chain temperature monitoring devices include temperature data loggers and wireless IoT temperature sensors. Each has different abilities and features, so let’s examine both below in a hypothetical example.
Imagine a company transporting a vaccine shipment from a pharmaceutical factory to a testing facility. The biggest question on the team’s mind is, “How do you maintain a cold chain of vaccines and ensure the vaccines remain viable?” Before shipping the vaccines, the team looks into temperature data loggers and wireless IoT sensors to see which would work best.
After carefully considering both options, the team eventually goes with IoT sensors. Their ultimate decision to implement IoT sensors for cold chain monitoring in vaccine shipments instills confidence in the viability of the vaccines, with the added benefit of real-time alerts in case of any issues.
With Elemental Machines, you can keep tabs on your asset temperatures in real time and receive instant alerts from anywhere at any time. The Elemental Machines platform gives you the power to:
Elemental Machines provides assurance that a lab is in good hands, even when physical presence is not possible. When you’re ready to transform your facilities into a connected hub of valuable data, click here to schedule a demo.