When it comes to ensuring that your cold storage operation and maintenance meets MHRA requirements, it pays to ensure that your service supplier knows what it is doing.
So says Joe Fudge, instrumentation service manager for ABB’s instrumentation business in the UK, who outlines some of the key factors to consider when selecting a supplier of cold chain mapping services.
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory agency (MHRA) places stringent requirements on the way that cold storage facilities are monitored and maintained in UK hospitals and medical establishments. All designated blood bank fridges must comply with appropriate standards, and all hospitals can be subject to an MHRA audit to ensure they comply. In the absence of any auditing procedure by the MHRA to check the capabilities of cold chain mapping and calibration suppliers, the onus is on the user to make sure that its supplier is fully competent to perform the work required. Despite making every effort to comply with the MHRA expectations, many hospitals and medical establishments throughout the UK have suffered “deficiencies” during an audit, with many cases directly attributable to their supplier lacking the skills and resources to do the job properly. So what is the answer? How can you ensure that you take every step to make sure you pick the right supplier?
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