Cold Chain Validation Is Breaking Down in the Real World

Originally published by our sister publication Specialty Pharmacy ContinuumBy Gina ShawPass the chamber test, print the qualification documents, and consider yourself compliant. That is how many specialty pharmacies approach cold chain validation, and according to cold chain experts, that’s also precisely why temperature excursions, flash freezing, and compromised medications keep happening.“What happens in the chamber is not [the] real world,” said Lawrence Zaiter, the vice pr