Sunday, 28 October 2012

Keep your products in a suitable environment with temperature mapping

Temperature is a highly important factor when dealing with product storage, especially when those products are made up of chemicals and used in medicines and vaccines. If a product is stored in the wrong temperatures, it can become spoiled or perish. This is why temperatures in warehouses and storage areas must be monitored and effectively maintained.

Fluctuations in temperature can be caused by changes in the weather, heating systems and air conditioning, fans, the presence of personnel, the amount of products stored in the area and many other factors. It is important to remember that not every area in one room will be the same temperature. In fact, the difference in temperature in a single room can be up to 10°C.

This is why pharmaceutical temperature mapping is highly important. Temperature mapping is a type of temperature data collection which allows you to trace the fluctuations of temperature in each area of a room. This means you can then monitor the necessary areas in order to maintain a suitable temperature for your products.

Different temperature mapping equipment will give you different results. Some equipment will give a much more accurate reading than others, which is important to take into account if you are working with products which require storage in a very specific temperature.

Once the temperature mapping is completed, sensors should be installed in your warehouse so that the temperature data collection process can be continued, and the most affected areas can go on being monitored. Although ideally sensors should be installed in all areas in your warehouse, the most important areas are the ones with highly fluctuating temperatures.

The importance of keeping pharmaceutical products in a suitable environment cannot be stressed enough, and pharmaceutical temperature mapping is an effective way of making sure your products remain safe and unspoiled.