Is Your Pharmacy Cooler a Health Risk?

What isn’t measured, isn’t managed and not all coolers are created equal. Some coolers return to their proper temperature range faster than others. Cooler inefficiencies may become apparent when your customer volume increases and you find yourself opening and closing doors more often.

The chart above illustrates just how quickly a pharmaceutical cooler can drift above the CDC limit of 8°C (46°F). This cooler was above the recommended temperature for 5.7 hours, totaling 74 minutes of door open time after 35 door sensor activations had reported (detected).

As you know, keeping your vaccines and pharmaceuticals safe is job number one of any pharmacy and is regulated by state guidelines. Storage temperature control is vital to maintaining vaccine potency and must be stored at a range of 2°C to 8°C (36°F to 46°F).

The OnePrevent electronic cooler record system provides exceptional monitoring, reporting and alerting of the temperature, humidity and, door open activity of all of your coolers. It’s designed to meet CDC recommendations and will save you time and money when looking at energy savings potential and cutting the amount of time your employees are manually recording temperatures.

Contact OneEvent today if you are interested in better managing the temperature inside your pharmacy or medical coolers.