powder is robust
#storage-coldchain 2025-04-16
- VialBot — On this day 5 years ago this channel logged 60 messages. 12:15
- cold_pack_carla — if you are worried after a bad transit, test it. that is what the testing channels are for 12:53
- appetite_back — the door swings four or five degrees every time somebody opens it. the back barely moves, not advice obviously 13:42
- appetite_back — anyone tested a vial before and after a bad transit 13:44
does the amber vial thing matter or is it marketing
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i left a reconstituted vial out overnight once, sent it for testing out of curiosity, it came back fine
lyophilised at room temp for 6 days in transit, worried or not
two to eight degrees. most domestic fridge doors are not in that range and people do not check
freeze debate again
if you are worried after a bad transit, test it. that is what the testing channels are for
buy a thermometer
lyophilised powder is genuinely robust. a warm transit is far less likely to matter than people fear
back of the fridge
how do you keep it cold on a long drive in summer
anyone had a vial visibly change after a warm transit
hotel minibars are frequently not cold enough. i take a thermometer, which is ridiculous and also correct
a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that your vial cooked
thats fine
coming back after 17 months, is the pinned storage table still current
the door swings four or five degrees every time somebody opens it. the back barely moves, not advice obviously
anyone tested a vial before and after a bad transit
freeze thaw cycling is the risk, not one freeze. that is my read of it anyway
is there a difference in stability between the compounds
unopened and in-use in the same place is fine. just keep the in-use one where you can reach it
i would bin it
a cooler with two gel packs held under eight degrees for eleven hours on a drive
for flying, hand luggage every time. the hold is not temperature controlled the way people assume
i left it out overnight by accident, bin it or use it
two to eight
hand luggage