Monitoring Temperature in Medical Refrigerators

Medical Refrigerators are used to store temperature sensitive drugs and vaccines. Many vaccines require storage between 2°C and 8°C. Time spent outside of this temperature range are known as temperature excursions. Vaccines and drugs have something known as a drug stability budget, which is the total amount of time the substance can be kept outside of its recommended storage range. 

It is important therefore that the environmental conditions inside your medical refrigerator are monitored to ensure temperature excursions are monitored. It is a legal and regulatory requirement in many countries to monitor the storage temperature of temperature sensitive drugs. Failure to do so can ultimately result in decreased efficacy of the vaccine or drugs being administered. 

Medical refrigerators should be monitored for their temperature in accordance with recommended guidelines for temperature monitoring of medical refrigerators. Vaccines and drugs should be stocked in accordance with industry best practices.