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Pharmacy & clinical · Tampa Bay

Vaccine, biologic, specimen. The cold chain that doesn't forgive.

Independent pharmacies, dental offices, urgent-care clinics, dermatology, fertility, and small clinical labs across Tampa Bay. Pharmacy-grade refrigeration tolerates almost no excursion — vaccine spoilage runs into thousands per fridge, and CDC VFC programs require continuous monitoring with auditable logs.

01 / Equipment we service

Pharmacy-grade cold storage.

Independent retail pharmacies, dental practices, urgent care, dermatology, fertility, and small clinical labs.

Vaccine refrigerators (2–8°C)

Single-door pharmacy-grade units. Tighter setpoints than foodservice; CDC VFC requires continuous monitoring.

Vaccine freezers (-15 to -50°C)

Lower-temperature units for specific vaccine SKUs. Higher service complexity, lower volume.

Biologic & specimen storage

Lab fridges and freezers holding biologics, blood products, and clinical specimens.

Compounding refrigeration

Refrigerated compounding storage for sterile and non-sterile preparations.

Walk-in pharmacy coolers (large operators)

For higher-volume pharmacies, walk-in storage with pharmacy-grade controls and redundancy.

Backup cooling & redundancy

On critical applications we design with redundancy in mind — secondary unit, secondary monitoring, documented failover.

02 / What's different in pharmacy

What makes pharmacy different.

The product is irreplaceable, the regulatory documentation is exacting, and a single excursion can cost more than a year of monitoring.

Continuous monitoring is required, not optional

CDC Vaccines For Children program requires 24/7 temperature monitoring with auditable logs. Min/max readings, excursion alarms, calibration records. ColdSentry™ pharmacy-tier exports meet VFC documentation expectations.

Excursion = product loss = report

A 2-hour excursion above 8°C on a vaccine fridge means the inventory is suspect and may need to be reported. Speed of detection is the entire game.

Pharmacy-grade equipment is different

Forced-air pharmacy units, calibrated probes, NIST-traceable thermometers — different gear than foodservice. We service and source pharmacy-spec equipment.

DOH/USP regulatory environment

Florida Department of Health regulates pharmacy operations; USP <797>/<800> govern compounding pharmacy. Different regulatory regime than DBPR foodservice.

03 / Platform fit

Monitoring is the product.

For pharmacy and clinical, ColdSentry™ is the centerpiece. ArcticOS™ provides the asset registry and service portal — every refrigerator tracked by serial with a full audit trail.

ColdSentry™Monitoring

NIST-calibrated probes + pharmacy alerting

Calibrated probes per pharmacy-grade requirements. Continuous logging at 5-min intervals or tighter. Excursion alarms to phone, email, and on-call pager. Min/max daily logs exported in VFC-compatible format.

ArcticOS™Portal

Pharmacy asset registry + audit trail

Every refrigerator tracked by serial. Calibration records, maintenance history, alarm history, and excursion documentation in one portal. PDFs export for regulatory inspections.

04 / Regulatory

CDC VFC, USP <797>, and Florida DOH alignment.

CDC Vaccines For Children program documentation requirements; USP <797> sterile compounding and <800> hazardous drug handling for compounding operations; Florida Department of Health pharmacy oversight. ColdSentry™ logs and ArcticOS™ asset records align with what auditors expect to see — temperature continuity, calibration trail, excursion documentation, and corrective-action records.

05 / Engagement

How we work with pharmacy

Calibration + PM contract

Annual NIST-traceable probe calibration, twice-yearly equipment PM, alarm-system test, and documentation review. Standard for VFC pharmacies.

Demand service

Same-day priority dispatch for pharmacy fridge alarms. Documented response time — pharmacy contracts treat speed as part of the SLA.

ColdSentry™ pharmacy tier

Calibrated probes, 5-min logging, VFC-compatible exports, ArcticOS™ portal, and PM service as one bundled monthly contract.

06 / Field notes

Operator resources

Emergency10 min

Vaccine fridge temperature excursion response

The first 30 minutes when CDC VFC inventory crosses 36-46°F — quarantine, document, disposition.

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Compliance10 min

CDC VFC Storage and Handling Toolkit

What the federal Vaccines for Children program actually requires of a Florida clinical site.

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Compliance10 min

USP 800 cold chain for hazardous drugs

Containment, temperature, and documentation for a Florida hospital pharmacy or oncology clinic.

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Buyer's guide9 min

Purpose-built vs. domestic vaccine fridge

Why a $400 dorm fridge fails CDC VFC and what a $2,500 purpose-built unit actually buys.

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All 23 pharmacy & clinical field notes