Sars-CoV-2 VirusTransportation As worldwide pharmaceutical companies ramp up their research and development of a vaccine for COVID-19, multiple questions have arisen about the ultimate storage and transportation of these potentially temperature-sensitive serums. Even one temperature-sensitive shipment inappropriately transported could not…
Hitachi High-Tech Nexus, Japan's premier supplier of Medical Cold Boxes, and Marathon Products will now offer integrated temperature loggers into their high-tech laboratory grade cold chain blood boxes and vaccine shippers. After vigorous testing and qualifications, Marathon has been…
HDMicroSystems ships liquid polyimide precursors to customers around the world. These materials – used to manufacture all portable electronic devices – must be kept cold until use. In addition, customers recognize the importance of having a “transport temperature” log to…
National Aeronautics and Space Administration We are pleased to announce that NASA in Mountain View, California has successfully installed six (6) temperature data logging 900 Mhz "2-way" transceivers at their Food Commissary for HACCP regulation. Now should refrigerators not be holding proper…
Quality assurance has specific meanings in different industries. In general, quality assurance is the term used for the various measures taken to monitor products and services to increase the likelihood of their being safe, effective, and marketable. Monitoring should be done during processing, shipment, and storage. Quality assurance managers are prominent in the food industry and in non-food industries such as pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, etc.
Center for Disease Control (CDC) – Validation of cold chain procedures suitable for distribution of vaccines by public health programs in the USA.
“To enhance quality assurance of vaccine distribution by public health programs in the U.S., various methods for packing vaccines were validated. Validation involved both tests in an environmental chamber and actual shipping of packages by commercial overnight delivery service. Dry ice was used with vaccines needing to be kept at temperatures lower than -14°C, and water-based cold packs with other vaccines.”
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- A new sensor network installed in Yellowstone National Park this summer will provide scientists and the public near “real-time” data on what’s happening in one of the nation’s most active geyser basins. The network, operated…
A new guidance document released by the US Food and Drug Administration on 6 August 2013 calls on sponsors to develop centralized risk-based monitoring strategies for clinical trials involving medical products with the ultimate goal of enhancing protections for human…
December 2012 NIH Virus Research Center orders Marathon EDL-CO2 and microDL-200C electronic data loggers for biological studies. Moses Lake Industries orders additional EDL-Net products for remote temperature monitoring. Marathon introduces the EDL-RTD2 and EDL-LN2, 2-channel high temperature and -200C data…