May 2, 2020, 7:01 PM
A lesser known factor that hospitals must ensure to maintain is air and temperature. It’s important that medical facilities maintain a proper level of air quality and temperature control, not just for patients but for staff as well. Maintaining proper temperature will control airborne disease from spreading. This is why temperature control and ventilation management are crucial for patient and staff health and safety.
Apr 25, 2020, 2:43 PM
In order to keep food from becoming contaminated it is essential to practice proper food safety temperature and monitoring. This must be done at all times to keep food safe and out of “the danger zone”. For most types of food this temperature is between 41° F and 140° F. This danger zone is applicable to hot and cold foods.
Apr 18, 2020, 4:09 PM
Proper instrument calibration can be looked at as the foundation of all laboratory patient testing. Proper calibration is the first step to producing reliable results and assuring good instrument performance. For this reason laboratories should always ensure proper calibration. It establishes a reference point that helps assist instruments to produce accurate testing results. All instruments of measurement, no matter what they measure, require periodic calibration. Even non-laboratory items, such as scales for food preparation, require periodic calibration.
Apr 14, 2020, 4:09 AM
Bacteria and viruses are everywhere, and we live with them every day. Many of them are harmless, and some of them can even be beneficial. Despite this, we've picked the top six examples that you would definitely not want in your kitchen, and why.
Apr 6, 2020, 5:28 PM
What you need to know about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Here is a fact sheet about coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) from the CDC.
Mar 31, 2020, 4:18 AM
A successful drug or vaccine can take decades, and not uncommonly more than a billion dollars, to develop. With all of the cost associated with drug and vaccine development, it's imperative that they be stored properly. Temperature monitoring is the best way to ensure the safety of these life-saving drugs and vaccines.
Mar 20, 2020, 2:41 PM
E-Control Systems, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is a privately held corporation headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California. With Over 5,000 Installs throughout the country, E-Control Systems is the industry leader in wireless temperature monitoring solutions.
Mar 16, 2020, 7:05 PM
The CDC says that improper storage and handling cause significant loss each year due to ruined vaccines, leaving medical facilities to repurchase vaccines, and in many patients having to be re-vaccinated. Here are some of the pitfalls that exist in vaccine storage and how to avoid them.
Mar 10, 2020, 3:24 PM
Each month, the average American household spends over $600 on food, most of which is fresh and frozen foods from supermarkets, and the rest is purchased out of the home. For this reason, monitoring freezer and refrigerator temperatures in retail food chains is extremely important. Temperature inconsistencies in any of the freezer and refrigerator equipment that stores food in these stores can case foodborne illness, but at the same time it is hard to monitor these units manually with so much else going on within the store. That's where temperature monitoring comes in.
Mar 2, 2020, 10:06 PM
On January 30th, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19, or the Novel Coronavirus, a Public Health Emergency of Internationally. Stopping the spread of any virus is extremely important, and no virus has been more in the news than Coronavirus. At the time this post was written, there have been 90,306 reported cases and 3,087 deaths from the virus.
