Avoid scalding
October 1st 2004

Designed to cut the number of scalding accidents in hospitals and other institutions, ValveCheck is a stand-alone system that allows administrators to schedule the maintenance of every thermostatic mixing valve in the facility.

Results of maintenance tests are recorded and a complete audit trail of every valve can be completed.

Developed by GSM Printer and Label Systems with hardware specialist Intermec, the system is designed to reduce the risk of litigation due to scald injuries from faulty and poorly maintained valves by using a handheld terminal to schedule the service and record the service history of each valve.

Each thermostatic mixing valve is given a barcode number, and a record of its location and the due date for maintenance is stored within a central database. Reports can be run on forthcoming, due and overdue maintenance, either by print-out or on screen, and engineers alerted to the task.