#storage-coldchain 2025-04-12

does the amber vial thing matter or is it marketing

hand luggage

the vial that visibly changed after a warm transit was the one that had already been reconstituted

a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that your vial cooked, not advice obviously

i left it out overnight by accident, bin it or use it

i have never had a lyophilised vial fail after a warm transit and i have had some bad ones

i left a reconstituted vial out overnight once, sent it for testing out of curiosity, it came back fine

i freeze aliquots and have had them test fine afterwards. others here would not do it and i understand why

do i need to worry about light exposure or is that overthinking

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unopened and in-use in the same place is fine. just keep the in-use one where you can reach it

update on the earlier thing does the fridge in a hotel room count as a fridge
a few hours at room temperature is almost certainly nothing. a week is a different conversation

the door swings four or five degrees every time somebody opens it. the back barely moves, i could be wrong

coming back to this lyophilised at room temp for 15 days in transit, worried or not

my fridge is running at 5.6, is that out of range

if you are worried after a bad transit, test it. that is what the testing channels are for, thats one data point