As evidenced by the growing number of Ambulatory Surgery Centers opening — 71 in 2025 and over 320 since 2023 — the demand for outpatient surgical care is steadily increasing. The volume of ASC procedures per fee-for-service beneficiary is also climbing, as seen by a 5.7% uptick from 2022 to 2023, which is an impressive hike compared to the 0.6% average increase between 2018 and 2022.
However, new and existing ASCs often experience the same kind of challenges that in-hospital surgical suites often face, namely heavy workloads among stretched-thin staff. Ensuring proper surgical suite conditions, manually logging data, and complying with regulatory requirements are difficult for already-busy staff to manage. Luckily, there’s OneVue Sense® Environmental Monitoring by Primex.
Ensuring Proper Surgical Suite Conditions at Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Given the critical nature of surgical suites, ASC staff must properly monitor the indoor environmental conditions to prevent infection, meet operational standards, and comply with regulatory guidelines. Indoor temperature, humidity, and air pressure all play vital roles in maintaining a safe, controlled surgical environment before, during, and after procedures.
Instead of checking wall thermometers or hygrometers sporadically and marking data on a clipboard to confirm conditions are within range, ASC staff can turn to automation to help ensure a properly maintained surgical suite. OneVue Sense Ambient Temperature and Humidity Monitoring and Differential Pressure Monitoring solutions continuously track and routinely log indoor environmental conditions that are easy to access on the mobile-friendly, web-based OneVue® Software platform.
If any of the OneVue Sense medical-grade sensors, when placed in procedure rooms or sterile processing spaces, detect an out-of-range condition based on your customized thresholds, the solution can emit a local alarm and send ASC staff an alert via text message, email, or phone call. The real-time warning provides enough time for staff members to take corrective action to ensure a safe patient care environment, or for an out-of-office staff member to relay the information to an at-work colleague.
Users can also log into the OneVue Software platform to view logged data, which can reveal trends in recurring hot or cold areas, humidity swings, or differential pressure problem spots. This proactive data knowledge enables staff to better understand their workplace and manage HVAC or building systems more efficiently, resulting in a higher level of patient safety and satisfaction.
Eliminating Manual Logging Tasks at Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Thanks to the automated nature of the OneVue Sense solutions, manual logging is a thing of the past. Frontline staff, who historically are the ones tasked with manually recording room temperature, room humidity, or storage unit temperatures, can put away their paper charts and rely on digital records within the OneVue Software platform. These nurses, technicians, and pharmacists get more time back to spend on patient care and other time-sensitive work.
Speaking of storage unit temperatures and pharmacists, OneVue Sense Temperature Monitoring can help these areas and staff members ensure that medications, vaccines, samples, and other temperature-sensitive valuables remain safely stored while simultaneously reducing workload.
The medical-grade OneVue Sense Temperature Probe and Sensor routinely measure internal storage unit (refrigerators or freezers) temperatures and relay them to the secure, cloud-based OneVue Software platform, where real-time and historical data are easily viewable on desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and phones. If temperatures rise above or fall below your set parameters, you’ll be alerted via local alarm, text message, email, or phone call to take corrective action.
Being Always Ready for Compliance Audits at Ambulatory Surgery Centers
To ensure regulatory compliance, staff at every ASC need to maintain safe environmental conditions and proper storage of temperature‑sensitive assets. During scheduled surveys or drop-in audits, ASC leadership may need to demonstrate compliance by providing historical logs, excursion records, corrective action documentation, and evidence that alarms are tested and responded to appropriately.
The OneVue Software platform can easily perform all these tasks and more, making compliance proof a breeze. Because environmental conditions and internal storage unit temperature are routinely captured and logged by the OneVue Sense solution, ASC leaders or staff members can log into the software platform and quickly generate on-demand reports that show compliant performance for specific suites, devices, or timeframes.
If an excursion occurred, the system’s incident records provide clear visibility into how long the condition lasted, who responded, and what corrective action was taken.
Users can also schedule recurring reports for continued audit readiness, regular meeting analyzation review, and continuous documentation that supports a culture of safety. Instead of relying on manual logging, paper data trails, and thick binders, the automation reduces stress and allows your ASC to focus on delivering high‑quality surgical care.
OneVue Sense Environmental Monitoring Supports Ambulatory Surgery Center Teams
OneVue Sense Environmental Monitoring by Primex helps ASC staff strengthen safety, ensure compliance, and promote staff well‑being. Through scalable, medical‑grade devices, environmental data flows to the cloud-based OneVue software platform, where configurable alerts, dashboards, and reports give leaders and staff clear, centralized visibility into conditions throughout the facility.
For ambulatory surgery centers looking to circumnavigate rising caseloads and overexerted staff, switching from manual logging to automated monitoring can be the ideal move that protects patients and assets, simplifies compliance, and gives overworked team members time back in their day.
If your ASC is ready to increase patient safety, protect valuable assets, and reduce staff workload, contact us today.
