All Labcold pharmacy products are fully compliant with the new UK DoH Green Book as well as Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) guidelines
133 children in Scotland were recalled and re-vaccinated during 2007 because the original vaccines administered were potentially inactive due to incorrect storage temperature.
Such incidents highlight the importance of the new Department of Health (DoH) Green Book requirements on vaccine refrigeration.
Concerned pharmacy managers can rest easy with Labcold professional fridges and freezers, says the company.
Key issues raised by these include the calibration, monitoring and validation of an even temperature throughout the storage chamber.
Failure to ensure this, and to be able to demonstrate that correct temperatures have been maintained, leaves medical professionals at risk of dispensing unlicensed medicines.
The DoH Green Book also clearly states that domestic fridges are no longer acceptable for storage of vaccines.
What's more, Labcold can offer advice to pharmacy managers on likely future requirements - for example the next issue of the RPSGB Guidelines are expected to call for separate storage and dispense fridges.
The revised Labcold range of pharmacy refrigerators includes new glass-door 285 and 150 litre models to complement the existing highly popular solid door range.
Labcold refrigerators are already widely used in both chain and independent pharmacies and were chosen for the successful high-street chlamydia screening service pilot undertaken by the UK Department of Health at over 200 London pharmacies.
