Pharmaceutical Warehouse cooling
The majority of pharmaceutical products fall into a category which states ‘do not store above 25°C’.

Pharmaceutical
Wholesalers are licensed by the MHRA – the Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency
The MHRA audit and license
warehouses who must demonstrate compliance. Temperature compliance is set by
two criteria:
- Mean Kinetic Temperature over a 7 day period
must not exceed 25°C (Mean Kinetic temperature is a logarithmic
calculation which provides a weighted average using the Arrhenius equation) - Absolute maximum temperature shall never
exceed 30°C
Most
pharmaceutical warehouses use ventilation to keep products cool as
refrigeration is prohibitively expensive but ventilation cannot maintain
compliance with MHRA criteria during prolonged periods of high temperature
Evaporative cooling can, if
correctly specified, ensure full compliance at a fraction of the cost of air
conditioning.
Free quotations available
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