i have never had a lyophilised vial fail after a warm transit and i have had some bad ones
#storage-coldchain 2026-05-25
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- swirl_not_shake — reconstituted solution is the fragile part. that is where the cold chain actually earns its keep, someone check my working 14:51
- courier_vs_post — i freeze aliquots and have had them test fine afterwards. others here would not do it and i understand why, ask me again in a month 14:52
- VialBot — Reminder for triumph_watch: dose day is today. Set 9 days ago. 15:20
- swirl_not_shake — light exposure matters much less than temperature for these. i still keep them in the carton nobody here can tell you a vial is safe. we can tell you what has and has… 16:38
reconstituted solution is the fragile part. that is where the cold chain actually earns its keep, someone check my working
i freeze aliquots and have had them test fine afterwards. others here would not do it and i understand why, ask me again in a month
i keep everything at the back of the middle shelf, never the door, anyway
*VendorInvestigate not the other one
Reminder for triumph_watch: dose day is today. Set 9 days ago.
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for flying, hand luggage every time. the hold is not temperature controlled the way people assume
freeze debate again
light exposure matters much less than temperature for these. i still keep them in the carton
nobody here can tell you a vial is safe. we can tell you what has and has not survived for us
freezing reconstituted peptide is the one thing this channel has never agreed on
i log the fridge temperature daily and the room has never let me forget it
*Medutest not the other one
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update from 15 months ago: replaced the fridge, temperature is stable, no more anxiety