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Dealing with temperature excursions video

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Topics: Temperature management

A short video about dealing with temperature excursions in medicine storage areas

This article forms part of a series
  1. Understanding why temperature management is important for medicines storage
    1. Using a refrigerator or freezer to store medicines
    2. Storing medicines at ambient temperatures
    3. Temperature control whilst transporting medicines
    4. Managing temperature excursions
    5. Temperature management for medicines storage video
    6. Dealing with temperature excursions video

About our video

This 40-minute video was originally created for an SPSQA lunchtime webinar and is aimed at healthcare professionals working in pharmacies and clinical areas. It:

  • explains the impact of temperature on stability and degradation of medicines
  • suggests sources of stability information and how to interpret them
  • recommends a structured approach to assessing and managing ambient and refrigerated temperature excursions

It is intended as a reference resource that can be revisited as needed. It aims to help healthcare professionals identify significant excursions and how to apply a proportionate, risk-based approach to decision-making.

Although we provide general guidance on assessing the probable effects of a temperature excursion, each excursion needs to be considered individually.

Our guidance is not applicable to holders of Wholesale Distribution Authorisations (WDA(H)) or Manufacturing Specials (MS) Authorisations.

You remain professionally responsible and accountable for your own actions when using our advice and guidance.