How temperature monitoring keeps your pharmaceuticals safe

How temperature monitoring keeps your pharmaceuticals safe

Pharmaceuticals differ from the rest

As an online retailer, or even if you’re a wholesaler or manufacturer that is selling and  distributing goods to customers, it is vitally important, depending on the nature of the products you sell, to consider investing in temperature monitoring. Monitoring the temperature of goods at different stages of the cold chain will help ensure that your products are transported and stored in safety.

Pharmaceuticals differ from the rest

One of the most significant products that require temperature monitoring all along the cold chain is pharmaceuticals. Sure, most products have strict temperature ranges but as you will no doubt remember when the vaccines for COVID were finally created and needed to be transported and stored, the safe temperature ranges were extremely low. This is because pharmaceuticals are extremely sensitive and it’s vital to maintain these safe temperature ranges to ensure the efficacy of the medication.

What is safe?

The safe range for the storage of pharmaceuticals is either between 2°C and 8°C or between 20°C and 25°C. These are generally considered to be the temperature ranges that ensure product efficiency and will preserve the shelf life.

There is little room for error here and if the products falls into the lower of these two temperature ranges in particular it is essential that the correct temperature monitoring methods are chosen and extra precautions are taken. Even a very short exposure to a sub-zero temperature can cause permanent damage to the product and so we have to turn to technology to accurately ensure the safe maintenance of the required temperatures.

Choosing the right temperature monitoring methods

Several standard monitoring methods have been used for cold product temperature monitoring, but most of these are outdated and not appropriate for modern pharmaceutical temperature monitoring. There are now cutting edge options like accurate real-time data processing monitoring units available from Cold Watch that produce extremely accurate temperature readings and provide our clients with digital solutions.

The Cold Watch solution

At Cold Watch, cold chain monitoring solutions are carefully designed in collaboration with client-specific requirements. These requirements comprise the monitoring of temperature, humidity measuring, open or closed-door notification, customised warnings and alert notifications to name a few.

With regards to pharmaceutical applications, we choose state-of-the-art high tech monitoring devices that we know will effectively handle the precise specifications of the temperature monitoring of these products.

Whether you are in the pharmaceutical industry, or any other that requires the safe transport and storage of goods, talk to us about the most suitable, effective and cost-effective options for your products. Our 8 years of experience in the industry gives you the peace of mind of knowing that we are driven to maintain the integrity of your products until the moment they are safely in the hands of the consumer.