{"id":18792,"date":"2022-10-08T05:22:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T05:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techmaina.com\/?p=18792"},"modified":"2022-10-08T05:22:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T05:22:51","slug":"role-of-iot-and-cloud-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techmaina.com\/role-of-iot-and-cloud-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of IoT and Cloud Storage in Keeping Vaccines Protected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many pharmaceutical and agricultural products require specific temperature ranges for degrading or expiring prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s nothing new, especially for the food and beverage industry, which has been shipping temperature-sensitive food products for many decades.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pharmaceutical companies have also had to contend with rigid storage requirements for medical products, but that challenge has taken on new complexities due to the development of COVID-19 vaccines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Many COVID-19 vaccines require ultra-low temperature storage, including the Pfizer\/BioNTech COVID vaccine.<\/span><\/p>\n

That means temperatures lower than conventional freezers can reach. Specifically, the Pfizer COVID vaccine must have storage at a temperature range between -90 and -60 degrees Celsius.<\/span><\/p>\n

This ultra-low storage temperature range represents a challenge for companies like Pfizer to get their vaccines to healthcare facilities and patients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since many supply chain professionals and healthcare facilities cannot access ultra-low temperature freezers, equipment, and infrastructure, Pfizer has devised unique supply chain solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, to ship COVID vaccines, Pfizer uses a specialized shipping container equipped with dry ice to keep temperatures extremely low. Dry ice can typically get temperatures in storage containers as low as 70 degrees Celsius.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, consider these shipping containers IoT devices since they contain hardware infrastructure that connects them to the internet. IoT products are already playing a significant role in vaccine storage and distribution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pfizer\u2019s shipping containers can pass data to the manufacturer regarding the delivery status of vaccines.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, healthcare workers receiving vaccine shipments must confirm that the shipping container was delivered successfully using a visual interface, which sends a confirmation alert to the manufacturer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These specialized shipping containers also contain internal ambient temperature monitors and data loggers, which regulate internal temperatures.<\/span><\/p>\n

More broadly, data loggers are crucial IoT devices that help facilitate the transportation and storage of many different types of vaccines.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s explore the role of data loggers as IoT devices that enable the cold storage of vaccines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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