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The Importance of Temperature Monitoring for COVID-19 Vaccines!
The roll out of UK's COVID-19 mass vaccination program has been progressing well, and more than 6.5 million people up to now have received their first dose. The key point to achieve these goals is the temperature storage of the vaccine, which plays a crucial role in the whole process.
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https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/12/04/592696.htm
According to the data from the WHO, due to the lack of temperature control or continuous cold chain during vaccine transportation, 5-20% of vaccine deterioration usually occurs. The government of UK has allowed 5% of inevitable waste in its vaccine program. Nicola Sturgeon, the Chief Minister of Scotland, revealed that so far, 1% of all vaccines stored in Scotland have been wasted. Outside UK, as many as up to 50% of vaccines have been wasted in some areas. This means if defection occurred during cold chain transportation, it will further increase pressure on production capacity.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/11/25/national/science-health/japan-experts-coronavirus-vaccines-safety/
This waste is mainly due to temperature changes in the complex cold chain. In order to reduce the waste and continue to track the vaccine temperature across the entire cold chain, Haier Biomedical has launched the vaccine complete cold chain product solution, amongst which, the RTMD (Remote Temperature Monitoring Device) that meets the WHO/PQS standard can be used with vaccine transportation and storage equipment, collecting the vaccine temperature data during transportation and storage in real time, and it is equipped with acousto-optic alarm function. The device measures the temperature through an external temperature sensor, automatically records and stores the measured temperature value, and it only needs 2G signals to transmit data to the cloud platform, ensuring vaccine/sample safety from remote platform monitoring. The remote portal management platform can track temperature, location and location signal strength information and provide multiple data analysis reports to meet CQC audit requirements. The system can also operate autonomously without any integration with the existing IT infrastructure.
In addition, Haier Biomedical's Ultra-low Temperature TwinCool system refrigerator can achieve dual vaccine protection. If one of the refrigeration systems fails, the other system will automatically operate and stabilize at -80°C storage environment to maximize vaccine safety. More importantly, Haier Biomedical's Ultra-low Temperature (ULT) refrigerator can be equipped with an Internet of Things (IoT) module to achieve real-time monitoring of samples.
Let's take the latest ULT Freezer Low Energy Touch Screen Series as an example, through the 10-inch touch screen, the inside temperature and temperature curve in the cabinet can be displayed intuitively. It also has high and low temperature alarms, sensor failure alarms, power failure alarms, door ajar as key examples, and the team members who manage the vaccine can be contacted by e-mail, SMS and other methods in real time.
At present, Haier Biomedical has formulated solutions to overcome any possible problems encountered by vaccines in various temperature regions, providing security and guarantee for stable vaccine transportation, preservation, management and monitoring to inoculation. At the same time, considering the requirements of different regions and markets, Haier Biomedical provides multiple options and customized solutions to meet all vaccine safety requirements.
Focusing on biosafety and biomedical needs and requirements across multiple user needs, from vaccine cold storage, vaccine refrigerator, cold chain temperature monitoring system to vaccine logistics and transportation, Haier Biomedical insists on the intelligent protection of life science, by empowering science and technology, and is committed to providing you with the best biological sample cold chain process solution!
