Cold chain transportation is receiving increasing attention from many people, and pharmaceutical cold chain transportation is the top priority in cold chain transportation. The safety and quality assurance of drugs directly affect the health of the general public. Now, Tengyi pulsation time takes you to learn about the key work of pharmaceutical cold chain transportation - transportation and storage.
In general, various types of pharmaceutical products that cannot be preserved at room temperature are prone to discoloration, odor, mold, etc; Drug deterioration; So under low temperature refrigeration conditions, pharmaceutical products can not deteriorate or become ineffective, and their shelf life can be extended. Medical cold storage, also known as medical cold storage. Medical cold storage can be divided into: biological reagent cold storage, vaccine cold storage, drug cool storage, blood cold storage, etc.
Medical cold storage
The Chinese pharmaceutical cold chain, the pearl of the pharmaceutical industry, has a significant role in the cold chain transportation of pharmaceuticals. It mainly refers to the engineering of refrigerated drug transportation systems to meet the needs of treating diseases in the country. During the transportation process of the entire pharmaceutical cold chain, it is necessary to ensure the refrigeration effect of the drug at each chain link.
There are four main characteristics of the pharmaceutical cold chain:
1. Safety
In the evaluation of pharmaceutical cold chain transportation services, safety is of primary importance, which is determined by the particularity of logistics objects
2. Sudden demand
Because too many disease outbreak break out suddenly, are easy to infect and spread quickly, the demand for refrigerated drugs is sudden, and the requirements for emergency service capability of logistics suppliers are very high
3. High cost
Compared to the cost of regular transportation, the cost of cold chain transportation is generally about 80% higher
4. Professionalism
The transportation and storage of drugs must comply with existing regulations, operate within a specific temperature range, implement GPS management in transit, and achieve traceability of refrigerated drugs
In fact, the regulatory and logistics operation level of China's pharmaceutical distribution industry is indeed significantly behind that of developed regions in Europe and America. Especially in the pharmaceutical cold chain logistics, there are more problems. It is understood that the temperature and humidity monitoring systems used by the vast majority of enterprises in the transportation and storage process cannot view data in real-time, ensuring complete supply chain data. During the transportation of refrigerated drugs, temperature records are kept continuously, and the situation in transit can be traced.
Medical cold chain equipment
Generally speaking, pharmaceutical cold chain logistics involves three major types of technologies:
1. Mobile refrigeration technology, including refrigerants, refrigeration systems, temperature control systems, and auxiliary cooling measures such as dry ice and ice cubes
2. Insulation technology, including refrigerated containers, insulated boxes, insulated bags, refrigerated boxes, and various insulation packaging methods and sealing measures
3. Intelligent monitoring system, mainly used for monitoring and managing the cold chain storage and transportation process, including temperature and humidity sensors, RFID, GPS, and software management system
In addition, the core of pharmaceutical cold chain transportation is not entirely cold, but constant temperature, which controls the temperature within a certain range (including different temperature zones such as deep cooling, freezing, refrigeration, constant temperature, room temperature, etc.), and different products require different storage temperatures. Taking vaccines as an example, their transportation requires a full cold chain, and if there is an abnormal temperature during transportation, it will have irreversible consequences.
Cold chain drugs
Lack of overall planning and coordination between upstream and downstream
Many companies ship cold collectibles, and once multiple logistics companies are involved in the process, it is difficult to ensure refrigerated transportation conditions for drugs at the shipping terminal. Especially in the return process of cold collectibles, which is the reverse logistics stage, the refrigeration conditions are almost completely lost, which may lead to serious drug quality problems.
Due to the relatively closed system of the pharmaceutical industry, it has high requirements for the capability of third-party logistics. The strength and qualification of Tengyiboshi's pharmaceutical cold chain transportation are complete. At this stage, it is necessary to start with value-added services, and transform from a single customer logistics scenario to a full supply chain demand solution.
Drugs, as special goods, are related to the safety of people's use. Therefore, we must be careful in the process of pharmaceutical cold chain transportation. Choosing a good third-party logistics is a responsibility for ourselves, enterprises and society. We cannot harm others or ourselves for a small benefit.
