Temperature Excursions in Cold Chain Management-Assessing the Accuracy of Refrigerator Temperature Probes.

ABSTRACT: Background: Medications requiring refrigeration for stability are commonly used across hospitals. Temperature-sensitive medications may not have their temperature requirements maintained due to breaches in the cold chain, especially refrigerator failure. This is usually caused by malfunction of the refrigerator unit or by power outage. After multiple power outages at our institution involving refrigerators with temperature probes located in different areas of the refrigerator, we hypothesised that the fixed temperature probe may not accurately reflect the temperature of the medications themselves. Methods: We conducted simulations of power outages in a commonly used medication refrigerator, using additional temperature data loggers, placed on the refrigerator shelf and inside

SUBMITTER: Ferraz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11559836 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature