Setra Room pressure Monitor

Review: Setra Room Pressure Monitor

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This post will review the Setra Room Pressure Monitor and show a full feature review as compared to other room pressure monitors.

The Setra SRPM is commonly used in cleanrooms, positive pressure rooms, negative pressure rooms, negative pressure isolation rooms, and in sterile compounding rooms. The Setra SRPM can also monitor temperature (within limited ranges) and relative humidity (RH).

The Setra Room Pressure Monitor Model SRPM is a re-branded product that several other companies have chosen to feature. The Setra SRPM is identical in features and Chinese-based manufacturing you will find in other brands and products such as the:

In this product review, we will compare the Setra to the TV2 Room pressure Monitor in a feature-by-feature comparison table below.

 

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The complete line of Setra Room Monitoring instruments is popular and well-known throughout the industry. however, there are other comparative options that offer more robust functionality and data logging options. The TV2 Room Pressure Monitor is a great alternative to the Setra Model SRPM.

Both the Setra SRPM and the TV2 Room pressure Monitor are typically used in new construction and post construction applications where differential pressure are monitored. Althought the Setra has a monochrome touchscreen, the TV2 Room pressure Monitor has a full-color QuickCheck easy-to-read large touchscreen with an intuitive menu system.

One of the key features of the TV2 as compared to the Setra is the ability of the TV2 Room pressure Monitor to alert admins by SMS (text alert), by email, and by automated phone alerts with custom messages.

Additionally, the TV2 automatically logs all data and offers complete reporting for environmental conditions, as well as provides remote (LAN/USB) connectivity for monitoring and reporting.

Most consumers would choose the TV2 Room Pressure Monitor due to the wider availability of features and USA-based manufacturing and support.

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Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AII)

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What are Airborne Infection Isolation Rooms?

Airborne Infection Isolation (AII) Rooms are also known as “Negative Pressure Rooms.” Negative Pressure Rooms are designed for and used by hospitals and pharmaceutical compounding facilities to prevent airborne contamination. In a negative pressure room, or airborne infection isolation room, the HVAC system is designed to exhaust room air and prevent inner-room contaminates from escaping.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requires hospitals and certain compounding pharmacies to have functional and highly efficient negative pressure rooms. In hospitals, the goal is to prevent the spread of infectious diseases like Tuberculosis, SARS, H5N1, influenza or other communicable respiratory diseases. In compounding pharmacies, negative pressure rooms are used to prevent radioactive and/or chemotherapy compounds from escaping and interacting with workers or bystanders.

How Do Negative Pressure Rooms Work?

Negative pressure in an Airborne Infection Isolation Room is maintained by utilizing an existing HVAC system in a hospital or pharmacy or by installing a standalone air treatment system/air handler unit. The key to maintaining negative room pressure is to balance the exhaust inside the control room with the pressure differential outside of the control room. The minimum typically maintained is -0.01” WC negative differential room pressure.

A consistent flow of suction or negative air pressure exists in the negative pressure room; typically pulling air from under the door (or specialized HEPA filter unit). Room exhaust is wither heavily filtered through HEPA units or into custom duct-work and ventilation stacks in the roof of the negative pressure room. In some cases, atmospheric air is sufficient to dilute to exhausted air.

Typically, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) determines exactly how negative (and positive) airflow should best be delivered in these spaces. Additionally, ASHRAE Standard 170 specifies accurate air change rates, pressure requirements, temperature and filtration for negative room pressure applications.

Hospitals and pharmacies are encouraged to use a monitoring solution that provides negative and positive pressure monitoring, temperature monitoring and relative humidity (RH) monitoring. This is why so many hospitals and pharmacies trust the TV2 Negative and Positive Room Pressure Monitor.