Preparations for the transport of COVID-19 vaccines

In order to transport the COVID-19 vaccine, have you made all the preparations for the transportation related to COVID-19? Including cold chain transportation of COVID-19 vaccine, kits, etc.

About processing:

Have your employees received relevant training on vaccine cold chain transportation? Do you have enough active/passive cold chain packaging, materials like dry ice and PCMs?

About storage:

Evaluate whether your existing capabilities are sufficient, do you know what your hot and cold spots are?

Medicines are sensitive to temperature, so please check whether your equipment, such as ultra-low cold refrigerators, is compliant.

about transportation:

Improve transparency through tracking and thermometer monitoring equipment; consider IoT solutions and related database platforms.

About delivery:

Do you have a suitable SOP to check the temperature data on cold chain shipping delivery?

This helps prove that there is no temperature deviation and that the product is safe to use.

Regarding supervision

Obtain support from regulatory agencies to ensure that there are no delays in actual shipments, especially at customs.

Ensure that your supply chain is fully compliant, from reefer containers, refrigerated trucks, organizations, equipment to warehouses in compliance with EU GDP, FDA or relevant local requirements.

The temperature during the transportation and storage of temperature-controlled drugs will affect their safety and effectiveness. Under the conditions of increasingly stringent pharmaceutical regulations and policies, there will be various challenges in the complex and multi-party drug/clinical supply chain. The challenge is how to ensure effective temperature monitoring of temperature-controlled drugs and data integrity is very important.

Therefore, for vaccine production and distribution companies, terminal inoculation units, etc., the storage and transportation temperature of the vaccine is required to be 2°C to 8°C. Because the vaccine is very sensitive to temperature, there is a possibility of failure if the temperature is too high or too low. .

For vaccine transportation, medical refrigerators,  vaccine cooler box, medical cold chain box are usually used, and temperature monitoring of 2°C~8°C can be easily achieved by using a thermometer.

Judging from the reality, the easiest link in China's pharmaceutical cold chain is the cold chain transportation of drugs. For cold chain transportation and links, the most important part is to achieve full temperature monitoring to ensure the quality of medicines to the greatest extent, reduce losses, and meet the needs of patients.

> High-precision, high-stability PDF temperature recorder

> Temperature measurement range -30℃...+70℃, core accuracy±0.4℃

> Storage capacity 24200 measured values

> Automatic expiration date management

> 2 temperature threshold alarms, support delay alarm, MKT alarm, duration/operating time alarm

> Button battery, exempt from DGR declaration, worry-free air transportation

> Application areas: medicines, reagents, vaccines, blood cold chain logistics, temperature monitoring

The temperature recorders LIBERO CB and LIBERO CS for the cold chain logistics of the first and second types of vaccines that have been prequalified by the WHO. In order to assist countries in the world to accept different vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed guidelines to standardize monitoring equipment and its labels. Clarify that the blue and yellow labels are used for specific vaccines, including clear instructions on how to read the device to ensure safe use of the vaccine.

For the new crown vaccine that requires deep refrigeration and an ultra-low temperature freezer, we recommend using the LIBERO CE ultra-low temperature recorder with Bluetooth function, and you can get the PDF report without opening the box.

> Temperature measurement range -200°C: + 400°C

> Core accuracy±0.3℃

> Storage capacity of 75,500 measured values

> 8-level alarm, single or cumulative delay alarm, MKT alarm

> Button battery, exempt from DGR declaration, worry-free air transportation

> Bluetooth function, PDF report can be obtained without opening the box

In addition, if the vaccine needs to be exported and transported by air safely, using a disposable LIBERO CD dry ice temperature recorder will be a good choice. Measuring range: -95℃...+50℃, 8-level alarm, single or cumulative delay alarm, Chinese report can be selected. At the same time, LIBERO CD uses a built-in probe, which can be placed directly in dry ice.