Recent changes in regulatory guidance towards temperature control has placed more emphasis on storage, packaging, shipping, & monitoring of the products you use. And, pharmacists have a responsibility to store temperature sensitive medicines and vaccines appropriately.
Correct refrigeration of temperature sensitive medicines is a vitally important yet often overlooked issue. All too often, domestic fridges are used for medical use, and these appliances do not provide high enough safety standards for the storage of pharmaceutical products. In addition, vaccines and other refrigerated medicines must be transported in an appropriate manner which ensures the correct temperature range is maintained.
The outcome may be that the patient is not protected by the vaccine and it can result in costly wastage of vaccines or even worse, lives.