Engineers at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories created a product that can monitor and log the temperature of storage spaces needed to store COVID-19 vaccines.
The SEL-2411TM Temperature Monitor Digital Data Logger is a modified version of something SEL already has and uses for other equipment, SEL President Ed Schweitzer said.
The device records the temperature of the vaccines’ storage spaces every 30 minutes and sends a signal if it changes, according to the SEL website. It can log and monitor up to eight storage spaces simultaneously. The thermometer can also tolerate temperatures from -200 to 200 degrees Celsius.
Ultra-cold freezers maintain the temperature at -80 degrees Celsius, which is the temperature needed to store the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s website.
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