Weather temperature variations can greatly impact laboratory equipment and storage areas, particularly when dealing with temperature-sensitive products and samples. Let’s break down how this happens and how to mitigate the risks.
- Firstly, sudden drops or temperature changes can disrupt climate-controlled areas, increasing the risk of temperature excursions affecting sensitive products and samples.
- Weather variations can also impact how well fridges and freezers function. These units generate a lot of heat, and their performance can suffer if they aren’t in a temperature-controlled environment. Poor ventilation and insulation in some warehouses only make things worse. So, it’s not just cold weather that can affect your products and samples—hot weather can, too!
Cold and hot weather can impact your products and samples if not properly managed. However, there are several solutions that can help mitigate these risks.
- A laboratory monitoring system to continuously track the internal temperature of storage areas or equipment.
- Additional sensors to monitor parameters like door status.
- Regularly conducting temperature mapping exercises to stay up to date and make sure there are no hot or cold spots.
Safeguarding temperature-sensitive products and samples during weather variation can be a lot to handle—that’s where Contronics comes in. If you’d like to find out how we can help your organisation with laboratory monitoring during the colder months, get in touch with Contronics today.
