A responsible blood bank ensures the distribution of safe blood products. In Blood Banks temperature is an important parameter in guaranteeing transfusion. Safety and Regulations are very clear on the subject. A storage recorder is intact with blood bank refrigerator functions and displays reports and data regulating the temperature.
Greater monitoring is needed during RBC storage at blood bank depositories and medical centers, and during transportation to technical facilities, blood agencies, and healthcare institutions. An Ideal storage recorder in a blood bank aids in monitoring blood supplies or tissue samples, regulates temperature accuracy, and records data and reports to ensure the sustainability of blood samples and safety.
G-Tek’s data logging circular chart recorder along with the BBR ChartTM Windows-based software is the perfect combination for meeting the regulatory requirements. G-Tek’s popular circular chart recorder CR-6 is of the CR 2010 series, available with an internal memory of 64 KB to store data for up to 14 days at 5-minute store intervals. This recorder is specifically tailored to monitor the blood bank refrigerator temperature data. It also has an input for the Door Open switch. This recorder uses pressure-sensitive chart paper. The recorder comes with a built-in battery backup to ensure the proper working in case of power failure. It also has Real Time Clock to store the data with date and time stamp for future retrieval through BBR ChartTM Software. The salient features of CR-6 are:
- 6” Chart Width
- Inkless chart recorder
- LCD/LED Display
- Real-Time Clock
- Data Storage 64KB of memory
- Event Logging like Power Fail / Door Open / Power Restore
- storage of 14 days of data at a 5min store interval
- Serial Printer Interface
- RS-232C serial port / Ethernet (TCP/IP) port to communicate with PC
- BBR Chart Application to download data
- Generate Reports from BBRChart
- Single Analog Input channel
- Direct Input standard PT-100 sensor
- Chart Speed of 7D/Rev
- Universal Power Supply 85-264 V AC, 47-63 Hz
- Battery Back up
G-Tek’s BBR Chart software is a Windows-based software for downloading, viewing, and reporting for data logging circular chart recorder. These recorders are widely used for blood bank refrigerators and other applications where data is very critical to reproduce even in the absence of a chart. BBR Chart is user-friendly and intuitive. Users can generate reports for data, events like power failure, open and closed doors, etc. The salient features of the BBR Chart are:
- Windows Application
- Intuitive
- User Friendly
- Setup parameters in the recorder
- Door Open / Close logging
- Programmable time delay
- Power Failure / Resume logging
- Filter data based on time / activity / user etc
- 21CFR Part II compliance (Optional)
- Generate reports in HTML/ PDF
- Export to Excel
- MKT calculation
- Database backup restore
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