St Vincent’s University Hospital

St. Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH), one of Ireland’s leading academic teaching hospitals, needed a reliable way to continuously monitor more than 90 medication fridges across its campus, including out of hours and at weekends. 

With the Kelsius remote, wireless and paperless temperature monitoring system, SVUH now has 24-hour visibility of fridges, freezers and incubators containing medication, with real-time alerts, corrective action records and reporting available through the Kelsius portal.

 

 

The system has helped SVUH respond quickly to temperature deviations, identify trends such as doors left ajar, and strengthen medication storage compliance across the hospital. Over one three-month period, the potential maximum financial saving from avoided stock loss was approximately €120,000.

Read the full case study to see how SVUH improved hospital-wide temperature monitoring with Kelsius.

 

 

To book your free Kelsius demo, contact the Kelsius sales team.

Kelsius Retains Silver Medal Status with EcoVadis: Ranking in Top 11% for Sustainability

Kelsius was delighted to recently retain its EcoVadis Silver Medal, in recognition of the company’s sustainability achievements. On retaining its Silver Medal, Kelsius has also increased its ranking of all companies assessed, now positioned in the top 11% of all companies that work with EcoVadis to improve their sustainability performances.

Since it was founded in 2007, EcoVadis has grown into a globally trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, with a network of more than 130,000 rated companies. Its purpose is to guide companies towards a sustainable global marketplace where sustainability intelligence influences every business decision – improving economies, people’s lives, and the planet.

As a company that takes its environmental responsibilities seriously, working with clients in industry and within local communities, Kelsius has always strived to minimise its impact on the environment. Both as a corporate entity and as a provider of digital HACCP and wireless temperature monitoring systems for the food and life sciences sectors, Kelsius is committed to reducing its environmental impacts and to helping its customers achieve their sustainability goals.

Some of these measures include:

  • Kelsius is REACH and RoHS compliant.

  • Kelsius equipment components are ethically sourced through an approved suppliers list to ensure that conflict minerals (3TG) are not present in raw materials.

  • Kelsius product design ensures longevity of life. Radio technology employed allows for remote reprogrammability of all devices online.

  • All Kelsius equipment is recycled at the end of its life.

  • Product materials not suitable for upcycling are recycled through a registered WEEE collection agency.

  • Kelsius operates a quality environmental management system that is certified to ISO9001 and ISO14001.

Kelsius helps its customers to reduce environmental impacts by:

  • Reducing food waste. The average kilogram of food waste generates 3.2kg of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). Learn more about food waste impact.

  • Reducing potential waste of medicines and pharmaceutical products.

  • Removing paper from HACCP food safety processes and other paper records, thereby removing the environmental cost of paper, printing, and file storage.

  • Optimising fridge and freezer temperatures to ensure that energy is not wasted.

Kelsius also works closely with EasyTreesie, a voluntary programme that aims to plant one million trees through school and community initiatives. In partnership with EasyTreesie, Kelsius plants one tree for every customer it works with.

For more on Kelsius’s sustainability credentials, click here.