TSI AeroTrak featured on the cover page of international Cleanroom Technology magazine

December 16, 2010 – Stephen Harbottle, lead embryologist at the new IVF facility for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, chose the Facility Monitoring Systems (FMS) to monitor real-time data, produce reports and notify critical alarms both on site and remotely via an auto-dialler and SMS text messaging system.

Parameters continuously monitored by the system include: incubator temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide and oxygen levels, cryo-storage vessels and fridges. The embryology laboratory is also continuously monitored for temperature.

Cleanroom areas have independent pressure sensors and particle counting duties are performed by a TSI AeroTrak portable particle counter, which feeds data direct to the FMS system in real time.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are known to affect the success rate of assisted reproductive techniques and Harbottle is keen to include continuous laboratory VOC monitoring as part of the FMS system.

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