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news.Cool-Tel has reported that the alert issued on the 21st of January from the National Patient Safety Agency requires all NHS organisations to ensure that they implement appropriate procedures for monitoring and responding to alerts in vaccine cold storage by July 2010.
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For vaccines to be effective, they are to be stored within the temperature range recommended by manufacturers [+2°C to +8°C]. Cool-Tel systems monitor and record the temperature of pharmacy fridges, or medicines in transit, across the UK and abroad 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Early warning of potential problems are provided to those responsible, giving peace of mind that precious vaccines and medication are safely stored, said the company.
The alert from the Cool-Tel electronic temperature monitoring system allows a response to the problem. Compared with the traditional minimum/maximum temperature readings taken every 24hours, with Cool-Tel the vaccines can be moved to safety and clinicians can be confident that they remain potent and avoid wastage.
The battery operated Cool-Tel temperature monitor, when placed in any fridge, monitors the temperature at regular intervals, and uses mobile phone technology to upload the data to a secure website where the data is analysed, alerts are raised and audit logs are stored. The technology behind Cool-Tel was supplied by Eseye, a supplier of cellular machine to machine (M2M) solutions, said the company.
Ian Marsden, CTO of Eseye, said: “The M2M+ platform is ideal for battery powered GSM applications such as Cool-Tel. It handles all the communications from the Cool-Tel unit and stores the data securely online. Using Eseye’s AnyNet SIM card inside Cool-Tel means that we have completely avoided the problem of phone coverage black spots, it simply picks whichever network has the best signal.”