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Article #138: Data Logger use In Hospitals

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Increasingly, in hospitals data logger to send the text message.
technology is becoming indispensable for Data logger use for liquid gas monitoring
the monitoring and recording a wide range A data logger with a very low range
of parameters. temperature probe can be used to monitor
Data logger use for fridge and freezer liquid nitrogen. Sometimes a dual channel
monitoring: data logger is used to monitor the
A common application for data logger use pressure as well as temperature.
is in the monitoring of temperature in Data logger use in incubators
fridges and freezers used to store drugs Incubators are often fitted with a data
and samples. Many drugs must be stored logger to record temperature an sometimes
within a narrow temperature band at other parameters such as CO2 and oxygen
around 6 degrees C to be kept in useable levels.
condition. Prior to the advent of data Data logger uses in operating theatres
logger technology hospital staff would A data logger is often used to monitor
have to frequently check the temperature temperature and humidity in operating
of the fridge with a traditional theatres to ensure the comfort of
thermometer. Not only was this patients and staff.
inefficient, but also could not guarantee Data logger applications in medical
that the temperature had not gone out of research
limits in between readings. By placing a It is not possible within the scope of
small temperature data logger inside the this article to list all of the
fridge, temperature can be recorded applications for data logger technology
continuously. Also the data logger will in medical research, but here is an
usually have a warning LED which blinks interesting example:
if there has been a temperature Recently medical researchers used a data
excursion. Because the data logger has a logger fitted with strain gauges to
visual alert, staff generally only need measure the force being applied to an
to download the data from the logger on a external steel brace on a broken limb. As
monthly basis, saving valuable time for the bone healed the bending force applied
other activities. to the brace slowly reduced. The data
Data logger use in cold stores: logger was set to record this force every
Large walk in cold stores are often used few seconds so the healing process could
for critical storage of medical supplies. be monitored very closely over a period
Here a data logger with an SMS text alarm of four weeks, providing invaluable data.
may be used to alert staff out of hours So it can be seen that data logger
or at weekends if the door has been left technology is now used extensively in
open, or if there has been a system hospitals to help maintain both the
failure. The data logger may have an quality and safety of the care that they
integral GSM modem or an external modem provide.






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