Temperature Monitoring
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Hello,
I was wondering how everyone is managing temperature monitoring at their facility.
- For maintenance/troubleshooting if a temperature is out, what steps are followed?
- Is there a blanket statement of how long reagents may be good for outside of the acceptable limit?
We are moving to using SensoTech and our facility is asking for these defined flow processes that would be a catch-all for every test system and location. We of course have the manufacturer recommendations and none of them state any timeframe that it is acceptable to be out of range, so I wanted to know if anyone else has already tackled this obstacle.
Thanks!
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We perform QC on a selection of reagents in that fridge as our corrective action, initially. If the issue persists after facilities is called, the reagents are moved to another fridge.
Our policy states that corrective action must occur if the temp is out 30> minutes.