Dear Technet community,
I wanted to provide everyone with an update regarding available information resources on the Varo Android app as well as a separate software tool called Pogo LT that works with Varo to provide aggregated performance summaries.
The Varo Android application is a free tool that enables users to capture temperature data from widely deployed 30DTR loggers (e.g. Fridge-tag 2 and others) using only an Android phone and an inexpensive USB adaptor.
Several health systems have successfully implemented a free Varo reporting system. For example, Kenya’s National EPI program used the Varo app as part of an inventory exercise to capture reports from thousands of CCE units. Varo is now being used for recurring data collection in a number of Kenyan Counties. Example deployments are overviewed in a 2020 TechNet conference presentation available at this link. You can download the Varo app on the Google Play Store.
As hundreds or even thousands of detailed Varo reports are received, it is important to have a simple way to review and process the associated 30DTR data without requiring a dashboard. For this purpose, we also developed the free Pogo LT desktop utility. This powerful tool aggregates data from numerous Varo reports and provides a single performance report showing all CCE units, highlighting those with alarms.
See the attached implementation brief for how the full Varo + Pogo LT toolkit can be deployed wherever needed to better utilize the wealth of 30DTR data that is already available. Learn more about Varo and Pogo LT at the links below.
www.varo-app.org
www.pogo-lt.org
Both Varo and Pogo LT are developed and maintained by New Horizons, a nonprofit group working to improve cold chain data usability.
If anyone has questions about the Varo or Pogo LT tools or would like to receive an example Varo email report, please reach out and I would be happy to provide additional information or set up a call to discuss.