Every year, vaccines save countless lives as children and adults are immunized from potential killers like polio, measles, mumps, and even the flu. Because of this, global health organizations are always trying to get vaccines to as many corners of the world as possible, to protect as many people as possible from diseases and possibly even wipe them out for good. Unfortunately, there are a few issues stopping them from doing so.
Moving Vaccines…
While most kinds of pill are safe through a wide range of temperatures, vaccines and liquid medications can break down in a matter of days if they’re exposed to nothing more than the heat of a warm summer day. That’s why refrigeration is so important to vaccine transportation, and it’s why poorer countries have trouble getting vaccines to vulnerable communities.
However, there are less expensive ways to keep vaccines safe from excess heat and freezing temperatures than using a fully refrigerated truck or trailer. An effective, durable pallet cover like SureTemp Pallet Covers can keep vaccines safe from heat spikes and make sure they’re still effective by the time they reach their destination. With nothing more than a thick blanket and a block of ice, a load of vaccines may be able to survive even the hot African sun for several days.
…And More
While it’s unlikely that pharmaceutical companies would accept moving vaccines without full refrigeration in a nation with a good infrastructure like the United States, there are other forms of medication that might be better off under a pallet cover. Gel caps and other somewhat sensitive drugs may do fine inside a medicine cabinet, but the temperature inside a closed metal container can sometimes spike above 120 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer. That’s hot enough to potentially start changing the nature of certain compounds in medication.
However, a SureTemp pallet cover can protect the goods it covers from these heat spikes and maintain a temperature that’s over 40 degrees Fahrenheit lower than the temperature throughout the rest of the container.
Medication is safer when its temperature is stable, which is why it helps to keep it insulated. But while some drugs and vaccines demand refrigeration, at least in the United States, others can do just fine with nothing more than a pallet cover.
