The challenges for dry ice temperature monitoring 

Dry ice temperature monitoring of sensitive goods usually entails a high cost and safety risk. For pharmaceutical and medical products, but also for chemicals and samples, the shelf life and usability are often only guaranteed at certain temperature ranges and physical conditions. Monitoring of the products or chemical components over the entire period from transport to use is indispensable in many cases.

That's why dry ice temperature monitoring of highly sensitive substances should not be taken lightly. For example, vaccines contain proteins that begin to denature at high temperatures. Also, the already mentioned Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) become unusable at slight temperature deviations and the so-called glass transition starts destroying them.

Why using Dry Ice Temperature Monitoring systems is so important

A suitable monitoring system should, on the one hand, ensure the safety of the customers and their medicines e.g. in patient diagnostics and, on the other hand, prevent financial losses due to damage e.g. against samples and the destruction of experimental series.

What to consider when using Dry Ice

Above all, the extremely low temperature of the dry ice of -78°C must be taken into account. Not every cooling unit, such as cool boxes and refrigerators, is suitable for this. In any case, the units should be certified for the temperature and tested for resistance. Accordingly, it is all the more important that the boxes can also maintain the temperature over long periods during transport.
Also, make sure you have the right equipment for checking the temperature. Data loggers in use with extremely temperature-sensitive substances should measure the temperature permanently and warn you early in case of deviations!