Four parameters. One touchscreen. Temperature, humidity, differential pressure, and air changes per hour, monitored together for hospitals and pharmaceutical cleanrooms where ventilation performance can't be an afterthought.
The AI-CRS4-IA-TFT is a 5-inch full-colour TFT touchscreen cleanroom monitor designed for hospitals, operation theatres, pharmaceutical cleanrooms, and other controlled environments. It consolidates four critical environmental parameters, temperature, humidity, differential pressure, and air changes per hour (ACH), onto a single high-resolution display, giving facility teams a complete environmental picture from one instrument rather than four separate ones.
Sensors for all four parameters feed into the monitor's four-line display, each shown with its corresponding engineering unit for easier interpretation. The 5-inch touchscreen presents temperature, humidity, differential pressure, and ACH simultaneously, so operators can review the full environmental status of a room at a glance rather than checking separate instruments. An integrated buzzer alarm monitors all four channels for process limit violations, while RS-485 Modbus communication, with optional Ethernet TCP/IP, allows the monitor to feed data into a facility's BMS for centralized oversight.
AI-CRS4-IA-TFT · temperature + humidity, differential pressure, and ACH sensor inputs feeding the 5-inch touchscreen display
The device has a built in DP sensor at the rear, with externally wired temperature + humidity combination sensor and air changes per hour transmitters. The ACH transmitter has to be mounted in the duct for accurate ACH readings, exact placement as governed by MOH Saudi Arabia or ASHRAE guidelines.
Air changes per hour indicate how frequently the air within a room is replaced by the ventilation system, a critical ventilation performance metric that temperature, humidity, and pressure readings alone don't capture. Monitoring ACH alongside the other three parameters gives facility teams a genuinely complete view of the operating environment, since a room can hold correct temperature, humidity, and pressure readings while still suffering from inadequate air exchange. Displaying all four together on one screen makes it far easier to catch a ventilation performance issue that might otherwise go unnoticed until it shows up as a downstream problem.
ACH is a particularly critical parameter in isolation rooms. In hospitals and other critical environments, maintaining a proper ACH rate is essential for infection control, air quality, and overall health safety, as referenced in Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia guidelines for hospital isolation rooms and operation theatres. This expectation is echoed across other standards bodies: USP <797> and <800> recommend minimum air changes per hour for sterile and hazardous drug compounding areas, and ASHRAE Standard 170 specifies minimum total and outdoor-air ACH for hospital spaces such as operating rooms, patient rooms, and airborne infection isolation rooms. Taken together, MOH, USP, and ASHRAE guidance all point to the same conclusion: ACH is an important metric tracked consistently across facilities, not an optional add-on to temperature, humidity, and pressure readings.
Both instruments monitor cleanroom environmental conditions, but they differ in scope and display format, which matters for choosing the right fit.
| Model | Parameters & Display | Best Suited For |
|---|---|---|
| AI-CRM3-1-1 | Monitors temperature, humidity, and differential pressure, three parameters, on a compact 0.8" high-brightness display. | Applications where ventilation rate (ACH) isn't a required monitoring point, and where a simpler, smaller-footprint instrument is preferred for flush wall mounting. |
| AI-CRS4-IA-TFT (this model) | Adds air changes per hour (ACH) as a fourth monitored parameter, displayed on a larger 5-inch full-colour touchscreen. | Applications where ventilation performance verification is a specific requirement, common in hospital operation theatres and isolation rooms where regulatory guidance often expects ACH to be demonstrated alongside temperature, humidity, and pressure. |
In short: if your monitoring requirement stops at temperature, humidity, and differential pressure, the AI-CRM3-1-1 is a simpler, more compact option. If ACH verification is part of your compliance or design requirement, particularly in operation theatres and isolation rooms, the AI-CRS4-IA-TFT's larger touchscreen and four-parameter display are built specifically for that need.
High-resolution display presenting all four monitored parameters clearly.
Temperature, relative humidity, differential pressure, and air changes per hour (ACH) from a single instrument.
Each parameter shown with its corresponding unit for straightforward interpretation.
Alerts on process limit violation across all four monitored channels.
Supports BMS integration, with optional Ethernet TCP/IP connectivity.
Available for applications where time-stamped environmental data is required.
Matched sensing hardware supplied for temperature, humidity, differential pressure, and ACH.
Monitors temperature, humidity, differential pressure, and ACH together, supporting the strict environmental control surgical spaces require.
Verifies pressurisation and ventilation performance alongside temperature and humidity in patient isolation settings.
Tracks the same four parameters across manufacturing and packaging areas where contamination control and ventilation performance both matter.
Suited to any clinical space requiring consolidated, real-time environmental monitoring from a single touchscreen interface.
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Temperature | Measuring Range: -10 to +60°C, Accuracy: ±0.5°C |
| Humidity | Measuring Range: 0 to 100%RH, Accuracy: ±1.8%RH |
| Differential Pressure | Measuring Range: -100 to +100 Pa / -500 to +500 Pa, Accuracy: ±0.5% of F.S. |
| Air Change Per Hour | Measuring Range: Programmable between 0 to 1000 ACH, depending on room and duct size, Accuracy: better than 1 ACH |
| Sensor | The device has a built in DP sensor at the rear, with externally wired temperature + humidity combination sensor and air changes per hour transmitters. The ACH transmitter has to be mounted in the duct for accurate ACH readings, exact placement as governed by MOH Saudi Arabia or ASHRAE guidelines. |
| Display | Multi row (4 rows) 5-inch full colour touch TFT with individual parameter engineering unit display |
| Alarm | Programmable buzzer alarm, freely configurable by user on field for all parameters, with optional visual alarm by way of background colour change in alarm condition |
| Enclosure | 120(W) x 80(H) x 55(D)mm, modular wall or brick wall mountable M.S. back box with stainless steel front flush plate |
| Communication | RS485 Modbus communication, optional Ethernet TCP/IP communication |
| Power Supply | 24 V.D.C., 500mA |
The AI-CRS4-IA-TFT is exported and installed across a wide range of regulatory environments, and its four-parameter monitoring capability aligns with several distinct compliance frameworks depending on the region and facility type.
Gulf region healthcare regulators reference environmental monitoring requirements for hospital isolation rooms and operation theatres that commonly include temperature, humidity, differential pressure, and ACH verification together. The AI-CRS4-IA-TFT's four-parameter display is built to support this exact monitoring scope, giving facilities in these regions a single instrument aligned with regional hospital environmental compliance expectations.
In pharmaceutical manufacturing, aseptic processing, and cleanroom environments regulated under FDA oversight and current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), continuous environmental monitoring, including ventilation performance, forms part of standard quality documentation. The AI-CRS4-IA-TFT's combined temperature, humidity, pressure, and ACH readout, together with RS-485 Modbus or Ethernet connectivity for data logging, supports the kind of continuous recordkeeping cGMP-regulated facilities are expected to maintain.
ASHRAE 170 specifies minimum total ACH, minimum outdoor-air ACH, and pressure relationships for clinical spaces, for example 20 to 25 ACH with positive pressure in operating rooms, a minimum of 12 ACH with negative pressure in airborne infection isolation rooms, and a minimum of 6 ACH in inpatient rooms. The AI-CRS4-IA-TFT's combined ACH and differential pressure display gives facility teams a single instrument to verify these ventilation and pressure relationships together.
USP <797> and <800> recommend minimum air change rates for sterile and hazardous drug compounding areas, ranging from around 30 ACH in ISO Class 7 buffer rooms, with higher rates preferred for sink or high-load areas, to a minimum of 12 ACH in hazardous non-sterile storage and compounding spaces. The AI-CRS4-IA-TFT's continuous ACH readout, alongside temperature, humidity, and differential pressure, helps compounding pharmacies track and document the ventilation performance these USP chapters call for.
International Export Considerations: given this monitor's use across markets including the USA, UK, EU countries, Gulf states, and other regions, exact regulatory requirements and acceptable monitoring parameters vary by jurisdiction. Facilities should confirm specific local compliance requirements, and whether additional certification or documentation is needed, with their regulatory or quality team before finalizing installation for a given project.
Parameters, ranges and connectivity details are in the datasheet.