February 2021
As medical professionals across the UK continue to vaccinate people against COVID-19 at an impressive rate, ZARGES, the storage and transport specialist for medical products and hazardous goods, has pioneered a reliable solution to enable the safe and efficient transportation of the vaccine.
With the deployment of the vaccine at the correct temperature remaining an essential element in the eventual solution to COVID-19, and with both the Pfizer and Moderna variants having to be stored safely and at temperatures as low as -70°C, ZARGES has accelerated the rate at which its unique security systems have been developed and tested.
These solutions include the K470 universal container, a lightweight and aluminium solution which is available in 25 standard sizes and capacities, from 13 to 829 litres, and is known for its versatility and durability when transporting goods which require extreme temperatures. Despite different variants of the vaccine having individual storage requirements, this container, which can be specified based-on different medical requirements, will allow doctors, pharmacists and healthcare providers to administer all variants at the specified temperatures which guarantee usability.
Additionally, with current guidelines stating that the vaccine should be used as efficiently as possible once removed from its chilled container, but definitely within 6 hours before it spoils, it is crucial a reliable storage solution such as the K470 is used to maximise this timeframe, and guarantee the vaccine will travel from the manufacturing facility to vaccination centres nationwide with excellent protection.
Mareike Bleile, Product Manager for Logistics and Industry at ZARGES, said: “The roll-out of the first COVID-19 vaccination is obviously fantastic news, but the specific circumstances in which the vaccines can be transported highlights the importance of a robust logistics infrastructure to get it out to as many people as possible. At ZARGES, we’re proud of our extensive heritage in hazardous goods and medical transportation, and to be able to provide a market-leading transportation solution for the healthcare industry at such a crucial time; rigorously tested and supremely durable, the K470 range guarantees safe delivery, whatever the content.”
Medical products and hazardous goods may only be transported in packaging that meets strict safety standards criteria, and has been approved by the relevant authorities. For many years ZARGES has been producing UN-approved container system in aluminium with its own type-testing facility, which is approved and monitored by the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), with a wide range of UN approvals including UN3373.
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