A new alarm system to preserve Cryoconserved products from technical failures

The high number of refrigerators, freezers, cryogenic containers and incubators in Careggi Hospital (Florence, Italy) led to the necessity of identifying a centralized alarm system in order to guarantee a timely response in case of malfunctioning and to protect the material of high-scientific-relevance contained in them. Description of the problem: In 2017 a multidisciplinary staff was created, in order to check the devices that should be alarmed because of the critical material they contained, and to activate the alarms both in the rooms/devices and at the central Call Center (CC). The group developed a procedure to describe the functioning of the alarm system and that should be followed by the Directors of each involved ward.