Vaccine Storage Solutions by Precision Stability Storage

COIVD-19 Vaccines

Vaccine technology is constantly changing, and so are the challenges of keeping those vaccines effective. Different vaccines often require specialized storage conditions, from precisely controlled temperatures to specialized handling protocols, and we’re your dedicated partners in ensuring every vaccine, from routine immunizations to cutting-edge therapies, remains effective and ready to protect lives.

 Our advanced monitoring systems and expert handling are designed to create optimal conditions for every dose so you can be confident in the safety and efficacy of your vaccine supply. At Precision Stability Storage, we’re your partners in safeguarding vaccine potency and protecting public health.

Importance of Proper Vaccine Storage

Vaccines are powerful tools in the fight against disease, but they’re also delicate. These complex formulations contain sensitive biological ingredients that need the right environment to stay effective.

Challenges to Maintaining the Cold Chain:

Maintaining the “cold chain” – the unbroken temperature-controlled supply chain – is important, but it comes with challenges:

  • Equipment failures: Refrigerators and freezers can malfunction, leading to temperature deviations.
  • Power outages: A loss of power can quickly compromise vaccine storage.
  • Human error: Incorrect temperature settings, improper handling, and inadequate monitoring can all jeopardize vaccine viability.
  • Transportation issues: Maintaining proper temperature during transport matters, especially in hot or cold climates.

The Real Cost of Improper Storage:

When vaccines aren’t stored correctly, they can have serious consequences. They can lose effectiveness, meaning people might not be fully protected even after vaccination, putting individuals at risk for adverse effects. Improper storage can also lead to wasted vaccines, straining our resources and even causing shortages. Most importantly, it can undermine vaccine trust, making it harder to protect everyone from preventable diseases.

That’s why investing in reliable storage solutions and staff training is critical to ensure vaccines are always stored correctly.

Benefits of Professional Vaccine Cold Storage

Maintaining those precise temperatures and handling protocols for highly sensitive vaccines takes expertise and vigilance. Professional cold storage providers offer the advanced technology, rigorous monitoring, and expert knowledge needed to protect your valuable vaccine supply.

Specialized Equipment and Expertise

We’ve designed our facilities with your vaccines in mind. Our specialized storage units are built to meet the unique needs of every vaccine, creating optimal conditions for maximum potency. Our facilities have advanced refrigeration systems featuring built-in redundancies and backup power to guarantee uninterrupted temperature control, even during unexpected disruptions. Our team is made up of vaccine storage experts. They’re highly trained in the latest best practices and regulations, so you can trust your vaccines are in the most capable hands.

Precise Temperature Control and Monitoring

We monitor your vaccines constantly. Our 24/7 monitoring system tracks temperature in real-time, and we’re alerted instantly if there is any deviation, enabling immediate corrective action on your part. We also maintain detailed temperature records, making audits easier and making sure you’re always in compliance.

Reduced Vaccine Wastage

Don’t let valuable vaccines go to waste. Our optimized storage solutions minimize spoilage, saving you money and contributing to a more sustainable approach to healthcare.

Regulatory Compliance

We’re committed to meeting and exceeding the highest standards. Our facilities and processes adhere to all relevant regulations, including CDC guidelines and VFC requirements, so you can have complete confidence in our compliance. Compliance is a priority for us. Our facilities undergo rigorous validation and qualification, and we provide comprehensive documentation to support your own compliance needs.

Peace of Mind

We provide the secure, reliable storage you need to protect your valuable inventory and prioritize patient care. Our unwavering commitment to quality assurance and risk mitigation verifies that your vaccines are in safe and expert hands, allowing you to focus on your core mission of protecting public health.

Precision Stability Storage Vaccine Cold Storage Offerings

Proper stability testing will eventually help identify which vaccines are effective and can be stored and handled at more economical conditions, like 5°C.

Precision Stability Storage offers Contract Vaccine Storage:

  • Precisely controlled storage environments for stability testing or to maintain effective vaccine potency.
  • Refrigerator storage rooms that come in various volumes to fit your needs.
  • Ultra-Cold Freezers: -80°C and LN2 Freezer
  • FDA 21 CFR Part 11 is a compliant monitoring system for all freezer, refrigerated, stability, and ambient storage options.
  • Vaccine and pharmaceutical storage chambers and rooms have a track record of longevity and efficiency based on work with some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
  • Pick-up and delivery within a 70-mile radius of each facility.

Precision Stability Storage offers multiple facilities uniquely set up to offer a variety of conditions for studying the stability of vaccines and providing a regional hub for local distribution to administration sites within health department networks.

Vaccine Storage Process and Conditions

More established vaccines (non-COVID-19) are considered the most economical way to protect populations against infectious diseases. Vaccines help to protect millions of lives each year, but hundreds of thousands of lives are lost due to vaccines becoming unstable during storage.

Proper storage in chambers with appropriate stability and uniformity, even at 5°C, is critical.  At 5°C, many vaccines are lost due to accidental freezing (the largest source of vaccine loss). Additionally, undocumented temperature excursions may occur, leading to ineffective vaccines being unknowingly passed to patients.

Precision offers a wide variety of contract storage conditions, which are not limited to:

  • -80°C
  • -70°C
  • -60°C
  • -40°C
  • -20°C
  • 5°C (2°C to 8°C)
  • Ambient

We also keep the following highly regulated ICH-recommended stability storage conditions:

  • Long-Term and Intermediate conditions of 25°C/40%RH, 25°C/60%RH, 30°C/65%RH, 30°C/75%RH, 30°C/35%RH
  • Accelerated storage of 40°C/not more than (NMT) 25%RH, 40°C/75%RH

Types of Vaccines Requiring Special Storage Conditions

Different vaccines have unique needs to stay potent and effective, ranging from ultra-cold freezers to standard refrigerators. Here are some examples:

  • COVID-19: mRNA vaccines require ultra-cold storage, typically between -80°C and -60°C (-112°F and -76°F), to prevent the degradation of their fragile mRNA components.
  • Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella: Live attenuated vaccines contain weakened forms of the virus and generally require refrigeration between 2°C and 8°C (35°F and 46°F). Freezing can damage live vaccines.
  • Polio, hepatitis A, influenza (flu): Inactivated vaccines contain inactivated viruses or viral components. Most inactivated vaccines require refrigeration, but some may tolerate freezing depending on their specific formulation.

Some vaccines can be light-sensitive and must be protected from direct exposure. Certain vaccines may even require reconstitution with a diluent before administration, and both the vaccine and diluent have specific storage requirements.

Precision Stability Storage Expertise:

Precision Stability Storage understands the diverse storage requirements of all vaccine types, including mRNA, live attenuated, and inactivated. Our facilities offer a range of storage options, including ultra-low-temperature freezers and standard refrigerators, to accommodate the specific needs of your vaccine inventory.

Our expert team is well-versed in vaccine handling and storage protocols, guaranteeing the integrity and efficacy of your valuable vaccines.

Four locations to meet your needs:

Precision Stability Storage is located just outside of RTP—the main pharma base in North Carolina—in Wilson, NC, and in Hopedale, Mass., just west of Boston. Our third location, in Fort Lauderdale, FL, recently opened for business in 2019. Our fourth location, in El Segundo, CA, opened in winter 2020.

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