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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1652922" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>I suspect this is an area that is often compromised. Some items are supposed to be stored at room temperature. Those sometimes get stored on or in the dash of the truck or utility vehicle. Some are supposed to be refrigerated. I have a bottle of Factrel stored in the door of the kitchen refrigerator. That door probably gets opened 50 times a day and it heats and cools a little every time. Been there for a year. It should not be in the door and not in the kitchen. Maybe I should move it to the refrigerator in the garage. Vaccines are more critical. I have read that vaccines should NOT be stored in self defrosting refrigerators. The defrost cycle has a heater that heats up the area where ice forms - every defrost cycle. Not sure how much that changes the temperature at the spot where the vaccines are stored, but I have read that self defrost refrigerators should not be used due to temperature cycling. Most drugs and vaccines should never be allowed to freeze - which might happen in a refrigerator located in an unheated building in a cold climate or just storing in the barn. Might be too stressful to think about some of this. Most people don't have a better option than a standard refrigerator. I am sure they are stored in well regulated and monitored coolers at the manufacturer and distributor. And well packed with cold paks in insulated containers for shipping. More risk after that.</p><p>Meds generally should not be stored in direct sunlight. MLV vaccines are especially at risk in direct sunlight (UV), even for just minutes. Rehydrating in direct sunlight, laying the filled syringe on a table in direct sunlight are best to avoid. I suspect we are all guilty of this some time. But when a vaccine fails to work , do we consider handling as a possible cause?</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.priefert.com/products/vaxmate/vaxmate-cattle-vaccine-cooler[/URL]</p><p>Anyone use one of these?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1652922, member: 40418"] I suspect this is an area that is often compromised. Some items are supposed to be stored at room temperature. Those sometimes get stored on or in the dash of the truck or utility vehicle. Some are supposed to be refrigerated. I have a bottle of Factrel stored in the door of the kitchen refrigerator. That door probably gets opened 50 times a day and it heats and cools a little every time. Been there for a year. It should not be in the door and not in the kitchen. Maybe I should move it to the refrigerator in the garage. Vaccines are more critical. I have read that vaccines should NOT be stored in self defrosting refrigerators. The defrost cycle has a heater that heats up the area where ice forms - every defrost cycle. Not sure how much that changes the temperature at the spot where the vaccines are stored, but I have read that self defrost refrigerators should not be used due to temperature cycling. Most drugs and vaccines should never be allowed to freeze - which might happen in a refrigerator located in an unheated building in a cold climate or just storing in the barn. Might be too stressful to think about some of this. Most people don't have a better option than a standard refrigerator. I am sure they are stored in well regulated and monitored coolers at the manufacturer and distributor. And well packed with cold paks in insulated containers for shipping. More risk after that. Meds generally should not be stored in direct sunlight. MLV vaccines are especially at risk in direct sunlight (UV), even for just minutes. Rehydrating in direct sunlight, laying the filled syringe on a table in direct sunlight are best to avoid. I suspect we are all guilty of this some time. But when a vaccine fails to work , do we consider handling as a possible cause? [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.priefert.com/products/vaxmate/vaxmate-cattle-vaccine-cooler[/URL] Anyone use one of these? [/QUOTE]
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