General Directorate of Health Services, Department of Quality and Accreditation in Health.  In the regulation of Quality Standards in Health ; Temperature and humidity monitoring system criteria for hospitals and medical centers are as follows;

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Do the laboratory areas have suitable physical conditions?

The laboratory environment should be adequately air-conditioned.

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Are the temperature monitoring of the refrigerators where laboratory kits are kept?

Laboratory kits should be stored at a temperature in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations and temperature monitoring should be recorded.

If the temperature in the refrigerators is not within the reference values, real-time notification should be made to the relevant authority via message and/or e-mail. In case the temperature is not within the reference values in the refrigerators located in the support storage areas (where the laboratory kits are stored), the relevant authority should be informed in real time via message and/or e-mail.

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Are drugs and medical supplies stored under appropriate conditions in medical warehouses?

Medicines should be stored at appropriate temperature and humidity conditions in medical warehouses.

Medical materials in medical warehouses should be stored at appropriate temperature and humidity conditions.

In medical warehouses, if the temperature and humidity are not within the reference values, USB flashing warning to the relevant authority  Information should be provided in real time via digital degrees with inputs. A report must be taken periodically from the digital degree with USP entry, signed by the warehouse manager and archived.

Medicines and medical consumables subject to the cold chain should be stored in appropriate conditions in line with the "Management Instructions for Cold Chain Medicines" published by the TKHK Stock Tracking and Analysis Department, in a way to prevent the cold chain from breaking. Warning digital degrees should be used during storage. With the technologies that provide digital transmission, reports should be obtained periodically and archived electronically. (Stores without cold chain drugs or medical consumables will be exempted.)

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Is the drug management subject to the cold chain carried out in accordance with the "Management Instruction for Cold Chain Medicines" published by the TKHK Stock Tracking and Analysis Department? (Healthcare facilities without cold chain drugs should be exempted.)

Suppliers; The drugs subject to the cold chain, which remain under its responsibility, should be delivered with technologies such as labels with cold chain indicator or digital temperature recorders, and it should document that the cold chain is not broken in the process until delivery.

Cold chain drugs; It should be stored and transferred in appropriate conditions to prevent the breakage of the cold chain within the Health Facility. Technologies such as digital degrees that give warnings during storage and transfer should be used.

With the technologies that provide digital transmission, reports should be taken periodically and archived electronically by the warehouse manager.

Delivery of drugs subject to cold chain to another health facility as surplus stock and surplus should be done with technologies such as cold chain indicator labels or data loggers.

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Are sterilized materials properly stored?

The storage area should be well ventilated against dust, humidity, insects and high temperature and humidity.

Temperature and humidity values should be followed with daily charts. In the sterile storage area, the temperature should not exceed 22 degrees and the humidity should not exceed 60%.

Is archiving done under appropriate conditions in the pathology laboratory?

Temperatures should be monitored and recorded in the archive room where the blocks are located. The temperature should not exceed 25ºC.

Are the temperature monitoring of the refrigerators where laboratory kits and antibiotic discs are kept?

Laboratory kits should be stored at a temperature in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations and temperature monitoring should be recorded.

Antibiotic discs should be stored at a temperature in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations and temperature follow-ups should be recorded.

If the temperature in the refrigerators is not within the reference values, real-time notification should be made to the relevant authority via message and/or e-mail.

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Ideal temperature and humidity ratios of intensive care rooms should be determined and controlled. The temperature of the Intensive Care room is 18- 26  between °C,

relative humidity should be adjustable between 30-60%.

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Sections Requiring Special Ventilation in the Hospital
 

Patient rooms in winter conditions  24  °C and  30% humidity, 24 in summer conditions  °C and  It should be at 50% humidity levels.
In operating rooms, the temperature should be 20-23 °C and the relative humidity should be 30-60%. It should be adjusted between 18-26 °C according to the type of surgery and need. 

Wake Rooms  24  °C and  45%-55%  should be in the humidity range.

Birth Nursing Rooms  24  °C and  30 % - 60%  should be in the humidity range.

Baby Incubator Sections  24-27  °C and  30% - 60%  should be in the humidity range
Ambient temperature in intensive care units 18-26  °C and relative humidity should be 30-60%.
Positive pressure isolation rooms should have an ambient temperature of 21-24 °C and a relative humidity of 30-60%.
Negative pressure isolation rooms should have an ambient temperature of 21-24 °C and a relative humidity of 30-60%.

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Temperature range of morgue drawers 0-5  It should be in the °C range.

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In accordance with the new regulation of Family Health Centers , it has become mandatory to monitor the indoor temperature in medical service areas and waiting areas with thermometers that can send temperature data.
The relevant article of the Regulation is as follows;

ARTICLE 24:
ü) 2 thermometers that can send temperature data, the standards of which are determined by the Institution, in order to monitor the indoor temperature in the medical service areas and waiting areas of the vaccination cabinet and family health center (The temperature monitoring of the vaccine cabinet will be carried out at intervals of two hours at most, and this period can be changed by the Institution if deemed necessary. )

Physical conditions of the family health center
ARTICLE 23:
ğ) In medical service areas and waiting areas, the indoor temperature is kept between 18-27 degrees, the lower limit for the indoor temperature of the examination room should be 20 degrees. Heating is provided by other means, with the exception of the stove.