Isolated Room Pressure Monitor Overview

Isolated Room Pressure Monitor Overview

Some of the finest names in healthcare, including Indiana University Health, University of Michigan Health System, and Stanford University, rely on Sonicu to provide a robust and continuous environmental monitoring system, including temperature, humidity, air pressure and more. 

These respected healthcare and research brands turn to Sonicu for four primary reasons:

• Real-Time Monitoring: the sensors collect temperature, humidity, air pressure data and more and transmit it wirelessly to SoniCloud - our cloud-based platform.
• Operational Efficiency: Virtually eliminate the need for tedious and costly manual logging 
• Compliance Automation: Respond to any regulatory audit or inspection in a few clicks with our reports section
• Asset Protection: Detect and respond to any threshold that can threaten anything perishable: food, drugs, vaccines, research, etc. 

When you combine these four significant feature benefits, our clients average about $80,000 of savings for every 100 hospital beds. 

At research or university locations without beds, it’s not hard to imagine the time savings alone by simply not having staff manually record temperatures several times per day. 

Our customers stay with us thanks to our American-based customer support, which is never more than a phone call away. While our technology is intuitive and powerful, we know it’s only as strong as the people who stand behind it.

It is important to monitor the pressure in isolation rooms for a number of reasons. Isolation rooms are typically utilized to isolate patients with infectious diseases including tuberculosis and airborne viruses like COVID-19. 

When the environment in an isolation room is tracked and controlled, the risk of cross-contamination to other areas of a healthcare facility can be greatly reduced.  

To this end, Sonicu’s isolation room pressure monitor makes sure that the air pressure inside the room can be maintained at a negative pressure when compared to the surrounding spaces. 

We deliver safety, compliance, and efficiency. Simply. 

Negative pressure prevents contaminated air from leaving the isolation room and potentially spreading to other areas of the facility. 

So maintaining a negative pressure helps in containing airborne within the isolation room. 

Tracking pressure in these healthcare environments helps ensure the health and safety of both patients and healthcare professionals too. 

By maintaining a negative pressure, an isolation room pressure monitoring system makes sure that potentially infectious pathogens do not escape the isolation room, which reduces the risk of transmission to other patients and healthcare workers in the facility.

You can learn more about how our software helps compliance professionals in these case studies:

Chef’s Commissary: 

Problem: Needed to reduce time to complete HACCP compliance reports 

Solution: Self-install of temperature monitoring for compliance automation 

Katherine Shaw Bethea:

Problem: Needed pharmacy temperature monitoring following refrigerator loss across many remote clinics: 

Solution: Simple Sonicu installation and configuration simplified standing up remote systems 

Indiana University Health: Enterprise Hospital For Temp, Humidity, Air Pressure

Problem: Server Based Monitoring lacking Enterprise Visibility 

Solution: One Window into all monitoring across dozens of facilities 

Cryopoint: Ultra Low Cold Storage, Research, Lab 

Problem: Too many hours spent on manual logging and calibration 

Solution: Reduced Manual Logging and Done For You Calibration 

Sonicu serves thousands of professionals at hundreds of organizations across all states in North America, as well as in Canada and the Caribbean, by improving how they monitor and manage their most sensitive assets and environments. 

Healthcare facilities must adhere to regulations and guidelines that concern an isolation room’s pressure parameters. 

Monitoring solutions help guarantee that healthcare facilities can fully comply with these regulatory requirements and maintain a safe environment for both patients and healthcare professionals. 

Compliance with these regulations is critical to averting the spread of infectious diseases and maintaining high standards of care. 

Sonicu’s  isolation room pressure monitor continuously tracks the pressure difference between the isolation room and the adjacent spaces. 

When the pressure falls beyond the specified levels, alarms are triggered to alert the concerned staff of potential breaches in the containment system. 

Also, these monitoring solutions track airflow rates within isolation rooms.  This helps make sure that a proper number of air changes per hour (ACH) are maintained. 

In turn, contaminated air can be eliminated and filtered, which minimizes the concentration of infectious pathogens. 

Our Isolation room pressure monitoring system comes complete with in-built alarms and notification functionalities. 

When a pressure or airflow deviation occurs, an alarm is activated to notify healthcare professionals to take immediate action to address the issue. 

SoniCloud, our cloud-based platform, efficiently stores the data collected by the sensors. 

SoniCloud  has data logging functionality which enables continuous  recording of pressure differentials and airflow rates along with other relevant data. 

In turn, this data may be leveraged for analysis, compliance reporting, and troubleshooting purposes. 

Lastly, the isolation room pressure monitor facilitates remote tracking. 

This allows healthcare workers to easily monitor isolation room pressure remotely.  

With SoniCloud, users can conveniently access and monitor the data remotely through their smart device. All you need is a username and a password! 

This capability can improve efficiency and ensure rapid response to problems. 

With Sonicu's advanced technology, organizations can effortlessly track and manage environmental conditions in real-time, ensuring optimal product safety and quality across their operations.

What are the key components of an isolation room pressure monitor?

• Pressure sensors are installed in the isolation room and adjacent spaces to take measurements and track pressure differentials. 
  These sensors leverage pressure transducers or pressure switches to take readings of pressure differentials between isolation rooms and surrounding areas.
  
• Airflow sensors take measurements of airflow rates inside an isolation room. 
  They’re typically installed in supply air vents, return air grilles, or even ductwork and function by monitoring the volume of air entering and leaving the room.
  Airflow sensors tend to vary and may include thermal anemometers, pitot tubes, and even ultrasonic sensors. 
  They take readings of either the velocity or volume of airflow, which provides data on airflow rates inside an isolation room. 
  
• Isolation room pressure monitoring solutions feature control panels that serve as their nerve centers. 
  This component receives data from both the pressure and airflow sensors and delivers real-time tracking and control functionalities. 
  These control panels have microcontrollers or processors that receive and process sensor data. 
  They can execute calculations, control algorithms, and offer real-time monitoring and display features.
  
• Alarm systems are integral components of isolation room pressure monitors. 
  They work by alerting healthcare staff when deviations from the prescribed pressure differentials or airflow rates occur. 
  These alarms may be audible, visual, or both.
  
• Monitoring systems typically feature data logging and storage functionalities. 
  They can continuously record pressure differentials, airflow rates together with other relevant data over time.
  This historical data can be utilized for analysis, compliance reporting, troubleshooting, or as a historical reference.
  
• Lastly, advanced monitoring solutions feature networking and communication functionalities. This permits the system to integrate with alerting systems and centralized tracking stations. 
  It facilitates remote monitoring, control, and data sharing for efficient management and response. 
  Some networking protocols they leverage include Ethernet, WiFi, These protocols facilitate data exchange between the tracking systems and external devices.
  
  

You can learn more about how our software helps compliance professionals in these case studies:

Xytex Sperm Bank 

Problem: Too many false alarms on cryo monitoring lead to ignoring an alarm 

Solution: Smart alarms that don’t produce alert fatigue 

Ohio University

Problem: Cumbersome and costly legacy monitoring with difficult customer service

Solution: Simple and affordable solution with third-party sensor capabilities to drive down costs 

Hamilton County Health Department: Vaccine Protection and Compliance. 

Problem: Data loggers that lacked remote viewing capabilities and compliance automation 

Solution: Remote viewing capabilities for weekend peace of mind and simple compliance 

What are the major pain points that isolation room pressure monitors effectively address?

An isolation room pressure monitor plays an essential role in the control of infections by helping prevent the spread of infectious diseases in healthcare facilities. 

By maintaining negative pressure in isolation rooms, Sonicu's monitoring systems can help contain airborne contaminants, which reduces the risk of transmission to patients, healthcare professionals, and visitors. 

Healthcare facilities are subject to stringent regulations and guidelines when it comes to isolation room pressure differentials and airflow rates.  

An isolation room pressure monitoring solution helps ensure facilities comply with regulatory requirements and avoid penalties or legal problems.

 Sonicu helps you prioritize patient safety by reducing the probability of cross-contamination. 

By effectively containing infectious pathogens in isolation rooms, our system helps protect already susceptible patients from catching contagious diseases.

Isolation room pressure monitors prioritize the safety of healthcare workers. 

By helping contain airborne contaminants, they reduce their exposure to infectious agents, which minimizes the risk of occupational infections and promotes a safer work setting. 

Sonicu's  monitoring solutions deliver real-time data and alerts, which allows rapid response to pressure or airflow deviations. 

In turn, this guarantees early detection of problems and lets healthcare professionals intervene immediately, which ensures the efficient operations of isolation rooms. 

Sonicu has ~600 customers and serves different industries such as: 

• Healthcare: Nurses respond to our alerts to keep your medicine safe
• Life Science/Lab: Lab directors rely on our alerts to protect priceless research
• Universities: Research and science department heads 
• Food Service: Food distributors rely on our tech to protect your dinner 

The finest of these solutions deliver remote monitoring functionalities. This enables healthcare staff to keep track of isolation room pressure and make adjustments from their devices. 

In turn, this minimizes the necessity for physical presence in the room, optimizes resource allocation, and improves overall operational efficiency. 

Sonicu's isolation room pressure monitoring systems come with data logging capabilities. The data recorded is stored in our cloud-based platform, SoniCloud, and may be analyzed to determine trends, used for compliance reporting, and troubleshooting purposes.  

This information can help healthcare centers in identifying patterns and correlations, making data-driven decisions and continuously improving their infection control measures. 

Finally, the alarm systems that are in-built into our  solutions are designed to notify healthcare workers of deviations from desired pressure differentials and airflow rates. 

These timely alerts facilitate swift intervention, prevent potential breaches in containment, and safeguard patient and staff safety.

Indiana University Health: Enterprise Hospital For Temp, Humidity, Air Pressure
https://www.sonicu.com/indiana-university-health-case-study

Exide Technologies: Air Pressure Differential for Construction
https://www.sonicu.com/exide-case-study

Pros

• Isolation room pressure monitors effectively help contain airborne contaminants, which reduces the risk of cross-contamination and prevents the spread of infectious disease in healthcare environments. 
• By tracking pressure differentials and airflow rates, monitoring solutions help healthcare facilities comply with regulatory requirements and guidelines, which ensures strict compliance with infection control standards. 
• An isolation room pressure monitoring system prioritizes the safety of both patients and healthcare professionals by significantly reducing their exposure to infectious pathogens, which minimizes the risk of infections. 
• The real-time tracking and alarm systems facilitate early detection of pressure or airflow deviations. This permits healthcare workers to take immediate action to prevent potential breaches and improves response times.
• Remote monitoring capabilities improve operational efficiency by allowing centralized monitoring and minimizing the need for constant physical presence in isolation rooms, which optimizes resource allocation. 
• These monitoring solutions deliver data logging functionalities, which facilitate analysis, trend identification, compliance reporting, and continuous improvement of infection control measures.

Cons

• The installation of isolation room pressure monitors can involve substantial costs. These costs might prove to be a financial issue for some healthcare facilities.
• Implementing and managing monitoring solutions require technical expertise and knowledge. Facilities might have to invest in staff training or depend on external support to guarantee proper installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.What to look for in an isolation room pressure monitor

Our monitoring system has the ability to:

1. Take accurate readings of both pressure and airflow measurements. 
2. Deliver real-time monitoring functionalities with instant notifications for pressure differentials and airflow deviations. 
3. Continuously log data. , providing the ability to log and analyze data over time and enabling trend analysis, compliance reporting, and troubleshooting. 
4. Remotely manage alarms with customizable alarm thresholds, clear alerts, and the capability to differentiate between critical alarms and non-critical events in order to reduce alarm fatigue. 
5. Integrate with mobile devices. This delivers flexibility and convenience for remote tracking and management. 
6. Enable compliance with relevant regulations, guidelines, and industry standards for isolation room pressure monitoring. This ensures that the system meets all prerequisites for infection control.

The best isolation room pressure monitors out there come complete with remote monitoring features. 

In turn, healthcare workers can track isolation room pressure from virtually anywhere with a connection. This improves efficiency and reduces the necessity for physical presence. 

Our sensors are easy to install and configure and supported by live American-based phone support, Sonicu is the affordable, intuitive and trusted temperature and environmental monitoring solution trusted nationwide. 

We offer: 

• Easy navigation, 
• Clear visualizations, 
• Simple configuration options