Ensuring the safe storage of vaccines
Are you responsible for the safe storage of vaccines and pharmaceuticals? If so you may well be required to record storage temperatures regularly and retain the results, to ensure that items are kept within the specified temperature range, and to prove that vaccines are stored in accordance with statutory regulations.
When accurate monitoring is critical, the Tinytag Medical temperature data logger is the most cost-effective and easy to use solution. This compact, battery powered device will:
• Monitor temperature of fridges, freezers, vaccine cabinets and cool boxes
• Ensure the safe storage of vaccines in accordance with statutory regulations
• Monitor temperature of sensitive consignments, such as blood products or body organs
• Record conditions that must comply with Health and Safety regulations
The Tinytag Medical logger provides highly accurate and detailed recordings, with a large memory and long battery life. Recorded data is downloaded to a PC using a USB cable. With the easy to use Tinytag Explorer software, data is automatically presented as graphs or tables for analysis and validation. For complete peace of mind, the logger also has a flashing LED alarm which is triggered when the temperature goes out of range so immediate corrective action can be taken, however its casing design ensures that the alarm is not triggered by a brief opening of the fridge door.
SPECIAL OFFER: Starter Kit – all you need to get you up and running:
• Tinytag Talk 2-MED data logger
• Tinytag Explorer software
• USB connection cable
Only £99 (excl. VAT & delivery). Additional loggers cost £59 + VAT.
The Tinytag Medical logger is particularly useful for temperature monitoring in vaccine storage: the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations are very specific on the storage of vaccines and maintenance of the 'cold chain', stipulating that vaccines should be transported and stored according to the manufacturers' recommended temperature range of +2 to +8°C until the point of administration.
Heat speeds up the decline in potency of most vaccines and freezing may cause increased reactogenicity and loss of potency. The WHO recommendation is for the temperature of vaccine refrigerators to be continually monitored and for a record to be taken at least once per day and documented on a chart. A small data logger that sits next to the vaccines is an easier, more effective solution than keeping records manually using a max/min thermometer. Pharmaceutical distributors and manufacturers will not accept any vaccine for return once it has left their control, so using the logger will ensure that vaccines are not wasted.
Other Tinytag data loggers are suitable for medical/pharmaceutical applications:
Tinytag View 2: units with a built-in sensor are ideal for chilled rooms. Units with an external probe are suitable for monitoring fridges and freezers, with the probe located inside and the logger outside the display can be read without opening the storage unit door.
Tinytag Plus 2: robust, waterproof units for temperature and humidity monitoring in harsh environments. An Intrinsically Safe version is available suitable for EtO Sterilisation applications.
Tinytag Transit 2: designed for temperature monitoring in transport applications: suitable for monitoring pharmaceuticals during road, sea and air transit.
