buy a thermometer. mine reads 4 on the door and two degrees lower at the back
#storage-coldchain 2025-07-25
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- dexa_or_bia — sorry to jump in i freeze aliquots and have had them test fine afterwards. others here would not do it and i understand why i freeze aliquots and have had them test… 23:05
- VialBot — Purity check: no report on file for lot A-2418. Nothing logged either way. 23:17
- auckland_aliquot — for the archive nobody here can tell you a vial is safe. we can tell you what has and has not survived for us 23:35
- auckland_aliquot — if you are worried after a bad transit, test it. that is what the testing channels are for 23:40
- auckland_aliquot — unopened and in-use in the same place is fine. just keep the in-use one where you can reach it, still working it out 23:46
i have never had a lyophilised vial fail after a warm transit and i have had some bad ones
best travel setup for 20 days away with vials
power cut with the door shut for a few hours is fine. a full fridge holds temperature surprisingly well
sorry to jump in i freeze aliquots and have had them test fine afterwards. others here would not do it and i understand why
i freeze aliquots and have had them test fine afterwards. others here would not do it and i understand why
*sorry, JEEP
power cut for 6 hours, fridge stayed shut, am i fine
two to eight degrees. most domestic fridge doors are not in that range and people do not check
does the amber vial thing matter or is it marketing
hotel minibars are frequently not cold enough. i take a thermometer, which is ridiculous and also correct
Purity check: no report on file for lot A-2418. Nothing logged either way.
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a liquid cold pack tells you it was above freezing, not that your vial cooked
cold pack arrived completely liquid, does that mean anything
a few hours at room temperature is almost certainly nothing. a week is a different conversation
my fridge is running at 3.1, is that out of range
[edited]do you keep the unopened vials and the in-use one in the same place
does the fridge in a hotel room count as a fridge
light exposure matters much less than temperature for these. i still keep them in the carton
for the archive nobody here can tell you a vial is safe. we can tell you what has and has not survived for us
lyophilised powder is genuinely robust. a warm transit is far less likely to matter than people fear
if you are worried after a bad transit, test it. that is what the testing channels are for
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i left a reconstituted vial out overnight once, sent it for testing out of curiosity, it came back fine
unopened and in-use in the same place is fine. just keep the in-use one where you can reach it, still working it out
update from 15 months ago: replaced the fridge, temperature is stable, no more anxiety, we shall see
freezing reconstituted peptide is the one thing this channel has never agreed on
a cooler with two gel packs held under eight degrees for eleven hours on a drive