The management of clinical risk in the health sector is mandatory in order to guarantee the safety of patients and operators. In this regard, several regulations and guidelines have been developed by national and international organizations. One of the most critical issues, currently not fully managed, is the safe transportation of temperature sensitive medicines, vaccines, and biological samples. Thanks to the diffusion of emerging technologies enabling the Internet of Things such as embedded systems, mobile Apps and Cloud services, it is possible to obtain continuous monitoring of sensitive substances and environments. In these contexts, particular environmental parameters (e.g., temperature and humidity) can be processed in real time to promptly trigger specific extraordinary and ordinary maintenance interventions. In the present work, the aforementioned technologies have been exploited in order to develop an innovative monitoring of refrigerated storage systems. The proposed solution has validated from a functional point of view through a real use case.

Risk Management and Healthcare: IoT Technologies and Smart Monitoring System for a Good Cold Chain Management

Ilaria Sergi;Luigi Patrono
2020-01-01

Abstract

The management of clinical risk in the health sector is mandatory in order to guarantee the safety of patients and operators. In this regard, several regulations and guidelines have been developed by national and international organizations. One of the most critical issues, currently not fully managed, is the safe transportation of temperature sensitive medicines, vaccines, and biological samples. Thanks to the diffusion of emerging technologies enabling the Internet of Things such as embedded systems, mobile Apps and Cloud services, it is possible to obtain continuous monitoring of sensitive substances and environments. In these contexts, particular environmental parameters (e.g., temperature and humidity) can be processed in real time to promptly trigger specific extraordinary and ordinary maintenance interventions. In the present work, the aforementioned technologies have been exploited in order to develop an innovative monitoring of refrigerated storage systems. The proposed solution has validated from a functional point of view through a real use case.
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