CenTrak

Wireless Hospital Temperature Monitoring & Compliance Systems

CenTrak offers a scalable, wireless, real-time environmental and temperature monitoring system with NIST-traceable sensors and automated compliance reporting for healthcare settings—including pharmacies, labs, blood banks, vaccine storage, cryogenic storage, food service, and pressurized rooms—ensuring patient safety, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency through continuous monitoring of temperature, humidity, air pressure, door status, oxygen, and liquid nitrogen levels with instant alerts for corrective action.

Automated, Real-Time Healthcare Environmental & Temperature Monitoring

Ensure patient safety, reduce product waste, and maintain compliance with automated, real-time environmental and temperature monitoring. CenTrak provides NIST-traceable sensors, real-time alerts, and automated compliance reporting for various healthcare environments, including pharmacies, labs, blood banks, vaccine storage, and pressurized rooms.

Enterprise Solution for All Healthcare Environments

CenTrak’s automated Environmental Monitoring solution can be deployed across multiple departments using a single software application. This scalable platform can be used as an add-on to a CenTrak RTLS deployment or as a standalone solution. It measures:

  • Temperature
  • Humidity
  • Differential air pressure
  • Door ajar status
  • Oxygen levels
  • Liquid nitrogen fill levels

Use Cases

  • Clinical Laboratory: Ensures diagnostic samples and test results are stored properly, improves staff workflow, and maintains compliance.
  • Pharmacy: Monitors pharmacy products and medications to improve patient safety and ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Vaccines: Provides real-time alerts for vaccine storage, ensuring CDC and VFC compliance.
  • Blood Bank: Monitors blood temperatures during storage and transport, meeting AABB standards with 24/7 monitoring.
  • Cryogenic Storage: Monitors temperatures, liquid nitrogen fill levels, and oxygen levels in IVF clinics and cryo-storage facilities.
  • Food Service: Ensures dietary, perishable, and nutritional items are safe for patient use and inventory is protected.
  • Pressurized Rooms: Monitors airflow in patient isolation rooms, operating rooms, and other critical environments to prevent contamination.

Monitor Across the Enterprise with Confidence

CenTrak’s wireless, real-time automated environmental monitoring system notifies personnel when conditions exceed user-set parameters, enabling immediate corrective action and preventing costly product loss. Automation increases staff efficiency, minimizes disruptions to patient care, and reduces human error associated with manual documentation.

Purpose-Built Hardware

  • LCD display sensor for immediate temperature viewing and local alarming
  • Configurable reporting and measurement rates (5 to 60 minutes)
  • 30 days of measurement data storage for retrieval during power or network outages
  • Embedded real-time locating functionality
  • 2-year battery life
  • Multiple buffer types and probe lengths available

Common applications include:

  • Clinical Laboratories
  • Pharmacies
  • Vaccine Storage
  • Blood Bank
  • Cryogenic Storage
  • Food Service
  • Negative Pressure Rooms

Environmental Monitoring Technology

  • Scalable, fully wireless deployments
  • Operates under various network configurations (CenTrak UHF, Wi-Fi including Cisco CCX, Aruba ACX, UDP)
  • Supports WPA2 Enterprise deployments
  • Over-the-air firmware upgrades
  • Fully configurable in the field
  • BLE connectivity for simple setup

CenTrak technology also supports:

  • Asset Tracking & Management
  • Clinical Workflow Automation
  • Staff and Patient Safety

Real-Time Alerting

  • Alerts based on sensing value, device status (probe disconnect, door ajar, low battery), or process breakdowns
  • Customizable escalation chains for immediate action
  • Corrective actions logged in the system
  • Integration with Active Directory for proper notification routing
  • Simple import/export tool for configuring sensors, users, and alerts
  • Alerts sent via:
    • Email
    • SMS/MMS
    • Alarm, lights, strobes
    • Phone calls

Regulatory Reporting

  • Automated compliance reports and sensor history audit logs
  • Reports based on individual devices or customized groupings (departmental views)
  • Eliminates manual documentation and reduces human error
  • Supports compliance with:
    • Joint Commission
    • State Board of Health
    • CDC Storage and Handling of Vaccines
    • VFC (Vaccines for Children)
    • AABB (American Association of Blood Banks)
    • CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments)
    • USP 797 (United States Pharmacopeia)

NIST Certification Services

  • Adheres to ISO-17025 quality protocols
  • All in-house testing is NIST traceable
  • NIST services provided by CenTrak and Certified Partners
  • NIST certificates available within the software application

Client Success

Atrium Health Wake Forest

CenTrak’s Enterprise Location Services enabled Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist to achieve over $10 million in benefits, including:

  • $970,000 annual labor savings by automating temperature monitoring
  • 100 at-risk refrigeration units identified
  • Over $1.2 million saved in refrigeration contents (blood, vaccines, etc.)