A DEA-registered facility runs hundreds of protocols through Schedule II–V drugs, tracked by hand and measured by a syringe that was never built for a partial draw. The CSI-360 weighs every dispense, ties it to the person who made it, and puts every cabinet on one dashboard.
A syringe is calibrated at one point: full volume. Most controlled-substance doses are partial draws, and the further below full volume you go, the further the reading drifts. A handwritten log only records what someone says left the vial. Multiply that by the hundreds of protocols and dozens of techs your facility runs, and the drift compounds into a number nobody can fully explain.
Every dispense weighed, authenticated, and logged the moment it happens — across every cabinet the facility runs.
| Capability | Paper Log and Syringe | CSI-360 |
|---|---|---|
| Dispense amount | Syringe estimate | Weighed, specific gravity |
| Log entry | Handwritten, after the fact | Automatic, at dispense |
| Who had access | Shared key | Per-user two-factor |
| Witnessed dispense | Signature line | Second login, enforced |
| Facility view | A binder per room | One dashboard |
| Low inventory | Found at the cabinet | Alert, facility-wide |
| At inspection | Assembled, explained | Running balance, on demand |
A tech logs in with an RFID badge, card, fob, or wristband plus a PIN. The user's photo displays on screen, and the lock releases only for authorized users.
The digital scale weighs the vial before and after; the software converts the difference to volume using the drug's specific gravity.
The event writes itself to the database: user, substance, amount, timestamp. No handwriting, no end-of-shift transcription.
Inventory, activity, and user-access reports are available on demand, reconciled against the logged history that produced them.
A vivarium that grows past one cabinet usually inherits a separate binder, a separate user list, and a separate walk-through to check stock for every room it adds. Networked on the CSI-360, those cabinets run as one system.
The fact sheet covers DEA recordkeeping, the two-factor login, and RFID tracking in the lab-animal facility.
Application fact sheet for the CSI-360 Controlled Substance Inventory System in laboratory animal research settings, covering DEA compliance, two-part authentication, and RFID tracking capabilities.
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Automated controlled-substance cabinet for DEA-registered vivariums. RFID access, weight tracking, audit-ready reports.
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Lab Workflow Application: microchip provisioning, animal and study records, and hands-free weight and tumor capture from connected readers, balances, and calipers.
View PiSuiteNo. The CSI-360 automates the dispensing record of who dispensed, what, how much, and when. Your facility still files receipt records (DEA Form 222 or CSOS), witnesses and documents waste, and conducts the biennial physical inventory required under 21 CFR 1304; the cabinet's running balance gives you the number to check that count against.
Your facility. DEA compliance belongs to the registrant, not to a cabinet, a logbook, or a piece of software. The CSI-360 is a tool that makes staying compliant vastly easier: measured dispenses, per-user access, and reports on demand. But like any control, it only works when it's used. No product can hold your registration for you.
It replaces the two things a diverter counts on, a shared key and a handwritten log, with per-user credentials and a weighed record. Multi User Authentication adds an enforced second login for dispenses that need a witness, in place of a signature line anyone could write.
Each dispense logs against the authenticated user, the substance, and the amount by weight. Facilities already running UID animal ID typically tie the dispense record to the same study and animal ID, so the controlled-drug log and the study record reconcile without a separate data-entry step.
Yes. The CSI-360 installs on most manufacturers' DEA-compliant cabinets, safes, refrigerators, and freezers already on your registration, or ships as a complete UID cabinet or safe if you'd rather start fresh. See the product page for the sizes and configurations.
Yes. Cabinets on site join one system with shared credentials and one inventory database, and that holds whether the facility is a single vivarium wing or a CRO spread across floors.
That's all on the CSI-360 product page — full specifications, the two-factor login and Multi User Authentication detail, what happens when an item can't be weighed, and how the system is priced.
Tell us about your registration, your cabinets, and the study volume your facility runs. We'll match you with the right CSI-360 configuration.
