Medical Freezers and Refrigerators

by Aldo Moore San Diego

Medical freezers and medical refrigerators are used for medical purpose, their temperature can go down to -150 degree, -120 degree, -86 degree to - 20 degree, -8 degree etc and ranges from ultra low, deep to normal freezers.

Deep freezers

This type of refrigerators and freezers are designed and use best quality freezing techniques to meet the standard of performance of the medical industry. They have controlled temperature regulation to fulfill the storage needs of the biotech, pharmacy, and clinical applications. The temperature cannot be compromised plus they have to be one of the finest construction and reliable as they are used purely for medical purpose.

Temperature selection choices

The temperature in the deep freezers varies with the demand but the most common demanded temperature ranges are:

·         -20 degree

·         -30 degree

·         -40 degree

·         -50 degree

·         -60 degree

·         -70 degree

·         -80 degree

And so on… according to the needs raised by the medical industry.

Exclusive Standard of the freezers

Since the freezers are used for typical medical and biotech industry they have to meet certain set standards, some of them are:

·         Dependability

·         Temperature control

·         Low maintenance and value

·         Holdover capability

·         Rapid recovery

·         Fast pull down

·         Homogeneity

·         Excellent temperature stability

·         Extended choice of control options and process

Procedure for temperature monitoring

Freezers are used to store vaccines, blood, pharmaceuticals and other medical products, all this require proper instructions and procedure.

·         Temperature must be documented by the medical staff at least twice a day.

·         Do not open the freezer again and again.

·         Put an alarm for high and low temperatures.

·         At the time of recording, review the min and max temperature and note the temperature range and accordingly set the thermometer.

·         Maintain the temperature of the freezer according to the manufacture requirement

·         All the freezers must be on the emergency generator system.

·         Store the medical freezer records along with other medical records for further monitoring.

·         Never store the products in dormitory style, stability issues can occur.

·         The size of the freezer should be big enough to store the supply of one year.

·         The necessary requirements which must be there in the freezer are they must have auto defrost facility and circulation fan to promote the flow of air.

·         To know the stored medicines are effective and safe check the history

·         You can place the plastic trays inside the refrigerator to store vaccines.

o   But keep in mind to keep the vaccines trays at least 2 to 3 inches away from the wall.

o   Do not keep any tray on the floor level.

o   Do not keep block the air circulation path or store anything directly under the vent.

o   After 24 hours of installing download the data of logger and continue to monitor for next 24 hours.

o   If the temperature stables not between the desired temperature then make the necessary adjustments

Contact :
Contact Person: Jose C. Calderon
E-mail: JoseC@MegaSuperStoreS.com
Mega Super Stores, Inc
Address: 2010 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Suite 220, Del Mar, CA 92014
Tel/Fax: 800-568-5450
Website: http://coolerdirect.com/

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