Temperature control is essential
Logistics service provider trans-o-flex has measured the temperature in non-temperature-controlled delivery vehicles throughout Germany – result: no shipment is safe without temperature control.
"Regardless of the time of day and whether the shipment is transported in summer or winter, our measurements have shown that there is no outside temperature at which pharmaceuticals without temperature control can maintain the room temperature range of 15 to 25° without risk," said Wolfgang P. Albeck, CEO of trans-o-flex.
Further studies conducted by the pharmaceutical specialist trans-o-flex have shown that, in addition to the temperature inside the vehicles, the temperature in the warehouses also poses a high risk for the shipment of medicines. "If not actively controlled and counteracted, the temperature in conventional distribution centres rises continuously throughout the day," Albeck added. (mw)