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Free laboratory temperature log template
A daily log for one refrigerator, freezer or room. Enter the acceptable range from the package insert once, then one reading each day the site is open. The Excel file marks any reading outside the range, and there is a column for what you did about it.
The fillable PDF is the same log for sites that record by hand or on a tablet.
No sign-up. Free to use and edit within your own laboratory or site. Not for resale. Document WT-04 from the CLIA Waived Testing Kit.
How to use it
- Set the low and high limits from the storage range in the package insert of what is kept in the unit. If several products share a unit, use the narrowest range that satisfies all of them.
- Use one tab or one printed sheet for each unit or room.
- Record a reading each day the site is open, with the time and your initials.
- When a reading is out of range, write what you did: for example, moved the kits, checked the door, called the supplier about whether the product can still be used. An out-of-range entry with nothing next to it is what a reviewer notices.
- Keep the completed logs with your other quality control records.
Why keep one?
Waived tests are performed by following the manufacturer's instructions (42 CFR 493.15(e)), and those instructions give a storage temperature for the kit and its controls. A log is how a site shows the kits were stored that way.
Nonwaived laboratories must define the storage and operating conditions their tests need and must monitor and document them (42 CFR 493.1252(b)). For those laboratories the Procedures and Verification kit has a policy and a log that also covers humidity.
This form is a template. Your laboratory director reviews and approves it before use, and your state or accreditation organization may ask for more than CLIA does.
The rest of the set
The CLIA Waived Testing Kit has 8 documents, including this one: a procedure template built on the package insert, with training, temperature and lot logs and ready-made control logs for six common tests.
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Reviewed 12 Nov 2026. General information, not regulatory or legal advice. 42 CFR Part 493 controls.