Substantiate 2-8 °C storage and room-temperature storage in your pharmacy: pharmacy refrigerator, counter stock, night safe or temporary staging location.
Temperature mapping shows whether medicines in a pharmacy are stored in suitable locations, both in 2-8 °C refrigerators and in rooms at ambient temperature. The study identifies warm and cold spots, supports safe product locations and justifies the position of routine temperature sensors.
Use the tool hub or create a 3D measurement-point proposal directly. It helps make room layout, product zones, doors and risks concrete before you choose a service level.
In daily pharmacy practice, medicines are not only kept in a refrigerator. Stockroom shelves, counter stock, staging areas and night safes may also be relevant when products are stored there routinely or under higher-risk conditions.
For vaccines, insulin, biological medicines and other medicines requiring refrigeration. The mapping evaluates shelves, door influence, loading, upper and lower zones, hot and cold spots and sensor position.
For products with storage statements such as "do not store above 25 °C" or "do not store above 30 °C". The mapping focuses on heat load, sunlight, external walls, ventilation and weekend/night conditions.
For pharmacies, the focus is not a single isolated standard, but demonstrable and appropriate storage of medicines. Temperature mapping helps justify the practical setup of pharmacy refrigerators, counter stock and night safes.
For community and hospital pharmacies, professional standards and internal quality agreements guide demonstrable storage, monitoring and deviation handling.
During inspections, the key question is whether medicines have been stored demonstrably under suitable conditions.
GDP primarily applies to manufacturers and wholesale distributors. Responsibility for correct management and storage lies with the pharmacy itself.
DIN 13277 is relevant for medicine refrigerators and laboratory or medical refrigerators/freezers. Mapping remains the practical verification of temperature distribution in your own use situation.
The product information and labelling define whether storage at 2-8 °C, below 25 °C, below 30 °C or another condition is required.
Routine monitoring does not replace mapping. Mapping supports where monitoring takes place and which locations are considered most critical.
The measurement setup is aligned with the location use, product type, storage condition and the question the dossier needs to answer.
Choose how much you want to do yourself. The content is tailored to your pharmacy refrigerator, counter stock, night safe, products, quality system and any audit or inspection pressure.
You rent a set of calibrated temperature loggers and place them yourself in the refrigerator, stockroom, counter area or night safe using practical instructions.
You place the loggers yourself, while we provide the protocol, measurement plan, analysis and conclusion. Often the most practical route when you can measure internally but need an audit-ready dossier.
We perform the mapping end to end: intake, measurement plan, logger placement, collection or data read-out, analysis, reporting and monitoring advice.
The dossier records the mapping in a traceable, reproducible and defensible way. Acceptance criteria are aligned with the storage condition, for example 2-8 °C for refrigerated products or the relevant ambient temperature limit for non-refrigerated storage.
For a medicine fridge we look at shelves, the door zone and the existing sensor position. The dossier shows where the risk sits and where routine monitoring makes sense.
Not every room automatically needs full mapping. Mapping is strongest when medicines are stored routinely, when a location has higher risk, or when you want to justify the monitoring position.