Room Temperatures
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I have a question for everyone. Do you monitor the temperature of all the doctors exam rooms if you store kit test, hemoccult cards or other reagents in the room or do you just keep all kits and reagents in a monitored area and get them when needed. I know that doctors often keep hemoccult cards and developer in each room. Is this ok if the temperature is not monitored in that room?
Thank you for your imput.
Judy
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We keep in a central room that has temperature monitored.
Jade Miller, MS, MLS (ASCP)
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It is my understanding that CAP only requires you to monitor the area that you store your inventory you do not need to monitor every room or area that is performing the testing.
The point of monitoring the temperature is to ensure that supplies are being stored within a range that protects the integrity of the testing. If you don't know what the temperature is where you're keeping your supplies, you don't know if you've added a variable to the test that could alter your results.
We store supplies and instruments in temperature-monitored rooms. A singular test kit may be taken to a patient's room for sample collection. Testing is to be performed in the lab area.
Just a thought regarding the CAP checklist
Gen Lab checklist
GEN.61300 ( if a specific temperature and humidity range is required for instrument and or reagents use) the temp and humidity has to be monitored
All common checklist
COM.30750 (if a specific instrument, equipment, kits or supplies have specified ambient temperature ranges for proper operation, storage, or use, there must be records that the specified ambient temperature is maintained .)
Thank you for your responses. They have been vey helpful.
Judy